The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Mr Anthony C. Mifsud, called upon the President of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Angelo Farrugia to present the Office of the Ombudsman’s Annual Report for 2016. During the meeting with the Speaker, the Ombudsman announced that during the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsman in Skopje, Macedonia, he was appointed as Secretary General of the Association.

Nearly 60% of Europeans consider being old a disadvantage when looking for work. Societies often view older people as burdens. Too often we overlook the basic human rights of our older people. This year, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in its 2018 Fundamental Rights Report explores how a rights-based approach towards respect for older people is starting to happen.

The Ombudsman Sindh Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik who is also the President Asia Region of International Ombudsman Institution was granted Life Time Achievement Award on 11^th May 2018, in recognition of his services to the community in the Field of “Public Service” on the eve of “Engineer Day” by the Institution of Engineers Pakistan.

Ararteko has finalized the conclusions of the IOI international workshop that it hosted in Vitoria-Gasteiz on 16-17 May 2018 and is making them here available to all IOI member institutions. The topic of the workshop was "Good Environmental Governance: The Role of Ombuds Institutions in Protecting Environmental Rights".

La Defensora de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes de la Provincia de Santa Fe, Analía Colombo, participa del Congreso Mundial sobre la Justicia para los niños, niñas y adolescentes. El evento se realiza en la sede de UNESCO en la ciudad de París entre el 28 al 30 de mayo.

El 23 de mayo del corriente año, la Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación (PPN) participó del Seminario “La  gestión integral de los sistemas penitenciarios a la luz de las Reglas Mandela”, que se llevó a cabo en la Honorable Legislatura de Tucumán.

In an investigation report released on May 30, 2018, the Québec Ombudsman shed light on the situation of children who do not qualify for the Québec Health Insurance Plan because their parents have a precarious migratory status.

Dans un rapport d’enquête spéciale, rendu public le 30 mai 2018, le Protecteur du citoyen du Québec fait la lumière sur la situation d’enfants qui ne sont pas admissibles au régime public d’assurance maladie parce que leurs parents ont un statut migratoire précaire.