Join us for our next webinar and learn about systemic investigation, which will be hosted be the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC) in collaboration with the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) on 8 June 2021. This Webinar will be an excellent opportunity to enhance the capacity of Ombudsman throughout the world in their tasks relating to systemic investigations.

2021 marks 90 years since the establishment of the Control Yuan, and on April 30, this anniversary was celebrated with a symposium comprising four panels: “Constitutionalism and Supervision,” “Supervisory Power and Legal Due Process,” “Supervision and Justice,” and “The Past of the Supervisory System and the Future of Human Rights.”

Irish Ombudsman and IOI President, Peter Tyndall, opened the IOI General Assembly from Dublin Castle. The Office of the Ombudsman is delighted to be hosting the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) 12t^h General Assembly and World Conference on behalf of IOI.

El Defensor del Pueblo (e.f.), Francisco Fernández Marugán, ha asegurado este martes que “el proceso de vacunación está desarrollándose de forma muy positiva” en nuestro país. En su comparecencia ante la Comisión Mixta de Relaciones con el Defensor del Pueblo, Fernández Marugán ha revelado que la Institución no ha recibido “ninguna queja” sobre dicho reparto.

La adjunta de Igualdad y Violencia de Género, Beatriz Barrera, y la asesora de la Diputación del Común, Amanda Armas, se reunieron por videoconferencia con la directora del Instituto Canario de Igualdad (ICI), Kika Fumero, en aras de establecer pautas de colaboración y coordinación entre ambas instituciones en aquellos casos relacionados con la Igualdad y la Violencia de Género en el Archipiélago.

Peter Boshier, Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand, presents the office’s Quarterly Review for Autumn 2021, which is now available online.

A new paper by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) reveals the differences between people’s experiences with police stops. It shows that Black people, Asians and Roma are still more likely to be stopped and searched by police, which also affects their trust in policing. FRA will continue providing EU countries with data and guidance to support them in ensuring their policing practices respect people’s fundamental rights.

The Ombudsman's Office is publishing a small collection entitled "pandemic notebooks", three studies on the extraordinary times we live in. The first focuses on the general topic of education; the second on homelessness; and the third reflects on rule of law problems.