The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Judge Joseph Zammit McKeon, presented the first Parliamentary Ombudsman Prize in Law to Ms Jodie Mary Farrugia in recognition of her dissertation titled ‘Guardian of Good Governance: Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Ombudsman in Malta’, submitted in April 2025.

El 4 de marzo de 2026, el Defensor del Pueblo, Ángel Gabilondo, ha instado en un acto organizado con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer, “a no claudicar ante las trabas a la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres”. La institución ha conmemorado el Día de la Mujer que se celebra el próximo 8 de marzo con un `Un diálogo entre generaciones´ en el que tres mujeres, de tres generaciones diferentes, han debatido sobre los retos y dificultades a los que se han enfrentado a lo largo de su vida por el hecho de ser mujeres, y los obstáculos que, a su juicio, siguen existiendo a día de hoy.

In the run-up to International Women's Day, the Austrian Ombudsman Board and the Stiftung Forum Verfassung launched a follow-up format to the lecture series "One in Five", which was organised by MedUni Vienna in previous years. Students of social work and people in training for other social professions as well as representatives of civil society organisations came to the event centre of the Constitutional Court for an expert event on preventing violence against women.

In the report ‘The progress of NSW’s inmate discipline system reform’, which was tabled on 2 March 2026, the NSW Ombudsman has called on the Minister for Corrections to respond to concerns that insufficient steps have been taken in due time to reform the inmate discipline system in response to the Ombudsman’s 2024 investigation.

Under the leadership of Ms. Ayesha Hamid, Ombudsman Punjab and First Vice President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab launched the Student Ambassador Programme to strengthen youth engagement and public awareness regarding administrative justice and citizens’ rights. The programme was inaugurated on 11 and 13 February 2026 at the Regional Office Multan, bringing together university students to serve as ambassadors of awareness within their academic institutions and communities.

The Office of the Tax Ombudsman of Australia has issued its first Quarterly Newsletter 2026, as tax administration remains a hot topic and the ombudsman office is preparing for a busy year. Kindly click here to access the newsletter.

The Office of the Ombudsman Punjab conducted the Teachers Training Programme on 10 February 2026 at the Regional Office, Multan. With the participation of teachers from various government schools, the programme aims to build awareness among educators regarding the jurisdiction, functions, and complaint procedures of the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab.

La Sindicatura de Greuges de Barcelona presenta Els 73, un programa de videopódcast pensado para explicar de manera cercana y dinámica la labor que impulsa la defensoría junto al vecindario. El proyecto también busca reforzar el vínculo con el tejido asociativo y pone en valor el papel de las radios comunitarias, generando espacios de diálogo entre entidades y agentes de cambio con el síndic de Greuges de Barcelona, David Bondia. El objetivo es acercar la Sindicatura a los barrios y a las realidades cotidianas de Barcelona.