The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) published an overview report into the use of restrictive practices in Northern Ireland school, covering the varioius recurring themes in relation to restrictive practices in school identified by NIPSO’s maladministration investigations.

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Rob Behrens was pleased to present a new study at the IOI World Conference: The Art of the Ombudsman: leadership through international crisis. The study sets out the findings of an international research project initiated by Rob with support from the International Ombudsman Institute and the University of Glasgow.

El defensor del Pueblo de la provincia de Santa Fe, Raúl Lamberto, asumió este 25 de mayo la Presidencia de la Región Caribe y América Latina del Instituto Internacional del Ombudsman (IIO) en el marco de la Asamblea General del Instituto Internacional del Ombudsman celebrada de manera online este martes.

On Monday, May 24, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO), published No End in Site; An investigation into the living conditions of children living on a local authority site. The OCO met with families and visited the site on three occasions, observing the very basic conditions, which have been in place since the site was established in 1989. 

Women have and continue to make immense contributions towards the development and impact of Ombudsman and related oversight institutions. The Chief Public Complaints Commissioner and Ombudsman of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is pleased to announce the online gallery of women leaders in ombudsman and oversight institutions.

Premier Iain Rankin announced today, 20 May 2021, that Nova Scotia’s ombudsman William A. Smith has been reappointed to a second five-year term effective June 1.

The Defensor del Pueblo in Spain has recently published a report on migration on the Canary Islands. The report is available in both English and Spanish.

Participaron mujeres mutualistas de Santa Fe, Chubut y San Juan, así como integrantes de la Asociación Casa de la Pax Cultura.