On 30 April 2018 the IOI marked the 40th anniversary of its foundation with a side event at the United Nations in New York, to launch “A Mission for Justice – The International Ombudsman Institute 1978-2018”, a book by Richard Carver to portray the history of the organization and its development over the past 40 years. More info on how you can order the book here.

La ONG Transparencia Internacional publicó el 21 de febrero de 2018 el Índice de Percepción de la Corrupción (CPI, siglas en inglés) 2017. Taiwán se clasificó en el puesto 29 de entre 180 países y se situó como el 4º país menos corrupto en Asia, consiguiendo su mejor récord en los últimos seis años.

Fueron condenados a la pena de dos años de prisión en suspenso, acusados por el delito de homicidio culposo agravado. Es la única sentencia contra funcionarios penitenciarios federales por la muerte de personas detenidas recaída en los años recientes, y la primera en la que este organismo participó como querellante.

The Office of The Ombudsman held a seminar on June 7 on the Hong Kong’s postal services at the Central Mail Centre (CMC), with around 40 Advisers of the Office and Justices of the Peace (JPs) present.

Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe released an own motion report into the Department of Home Affairs (Home Affairs) and the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) processing of international containerised sea cargo.

Monsieur Marc Bertrand est officiellement reparti pour un second et dernier mandat de six années à la tête de l’institution du Médiateur de la Wallonie et de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

A mother and her five children were accommodated in a damp and mouldy single bedroom, too small for the number of people, by Ealing council while it took too long to decide their homelessness status. A Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation found the council’s delays added three months onto a six month stay in the unsuitable accommodation.

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) took part in the conference ‘SDGs, Climate and the Future of Europe’ on 31 May in Milan, organised by the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development. The meeting discussed the key role that the EU can play towards advancing the 2030 agenda and will feed into a European Commission reflection paper on the subject.