The case of a young Austrian athlete who was severly injured in the Olympic village in Baku during the First European Games in 2015 has finally been resolved in part due to the successful international cooperation between Austrian Ombudsman Dr. Günther Kräuter and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan Prof. Elmira Suleymanova.

The State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel, Judge (Ret.) Joseph H. Shapira, has selected Dr. Esther Ben-Haim, or Esti as she is called by her peers, to be the new Director of the Ombudsman’s Office. Her nomination been approved by the State Audit Committee of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) in November of 2017.

On 21-22 May, Ombudsman, head of Children Rights Division and lawyer of Prevention Unit meet Children Ombudsmen of Poland and Lithuania and representatives of the Chancellor of Justice Office of Estonia. Such meetings happen annually and participants discuss topical children rights issues in Poland and Baltic states.

For the occasion of the establishment of the institution, on 30 May, 2018, the Ombudsman of the Republic of Macedonia will formally mark the anniversary of the institution in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia. The holding of this event is under the auspices of the President of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.

For the second straight year, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé is among the nominees for Canadian Lawyer magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada. The list, chosen by the magazine’s internal editorial panel, readers and past honourees, recognizes lawyers who have played a significant role in the legal profession in the past 18 months.

Le 17 mai 2018, le Médiateur de la République, Baba Akhib HAÏDARA a remis officiellement son Rapport annuel 2017 à S.E.M. le Président de la République, Ibrahim Boubacar KEÏTA. C’était à la faveur d’une cérémonie solennelle qui a regroupé le Premier Ministre, le Président de la Cour Constitutionnelle, les membres du Gouvernement, les membres du Cabinet du Président de la République et les collaborateurs du Médiateur de la République.

El Defensor del Pueblo (e.f.), Francisco Fernández Marugán, ha recomendado a la Comisaría General de Extranjería y Fronteras que imparta instrucciones para que se establezca un sistema de registro de las solicitudes de asilo en los Centros de Internamiento de Extranjeros (CIE) que cumpla con la Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo Común.

A 73-year-old grandmother’s death from bladder cancer was avoidable, an investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has found. She died following a hospital’s nine-month delay to diagnose her. An inadequate local investigation failed to recognise this, and her son subsequently brought a complaint about her care to the Ombudsman.