On 25 and 26 November 2025, the Austrian Ombudsman Board took part in the UPR pre-session in Geneva. Among other things, it called for improvements for unaccompanied minor refugees (UMF) and criticised staff and budget shortages in the execution of sentences and measures.

La institución Defensor del Pueblo ha conmemorado el miércoles 10 de diciembre, Día de los Derechos Humanos, con un acto celebrado en su sede con alumnos del instituto público IES Fortuny de Madrid. El evento se ha iniciado con la intervención de la adjunta primera, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril, que ha afirmado que “los derechos humanos no son ideas abstractas, sino que se materializan en cosas muy concretas que nos afectan y os afectan cada día”.

The NSW Ombudsman tabled the Public Interest Disclosures (PID) Act 2022: Agency self-assessment audit report 2025 in the Parliament of NSW on 11 December 2025. Following commencement of the PID Act in 2023, the institution conducted self-assessment audits in both 2024 and 2025 to test agency compliance with certain key requirements of the PID Act. This report details important findings from these audits.  

The Public Protector of South Africa, Adv. Kholeka Gcaleka, is the new Second Vice-President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI). In an electronic ballot, carried out by the IOI General Secretariat recently, the candidacy of Adv. Gcaleka received the clear and solid support from IOI members.

The city's Ombudsman, in conjunction with Human Rights Day, is pleased to announce the first edition of the Right to the City and Good Practices Award. This award is open to ombudsman offices, human rights institutions, and organizations from around the world, recognizing innovative projects, initiatives, or actions that make local human rights a reality. Registration will open soon and will be announced through Ombudsman’s usual channels.

The Parliament has elected Doctor of Laws Jari Råman as the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Råman currently serves as the Secretary General of the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman. The Ombudsman’s four-year term of office will begin on 1 January 2026. 

Con el fin de promover el intercambio transnacional en materia de supervisión y derechos humanos, el Yuan de Control y la Defensoría del Pueblo de Paraguay organizaron conjuntamente, el 24 de noviembre de 2025, el seminario internacional en línea IA y Derechos Humanos. Al evento fueron invitados representantes de instituciones de supervisión y derechos humanos de la región latinoamericana, así como funcionarios gubernamentales; en total participaron en línea más de 100 asistentes provenientes de seis países.

Doctors failed to tell a father of seven that he had a terminal illness and gave him false reassurance that he would be all right, an investigation by England’s Health Ombudsman has found.