The Seimas Ombudsmen's Office was granted a certificate attesting to its compliance with the Parise Principles during the General Assembly of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) on 20-23 February 2018.

The new Ombudsman Act 2017 commenced on 31 January 2018. The coming into effect of this new Act means that any person who is unhappy about how any government office deals with them, can complain to the Ombudsman. Furthermore, the Ombudsman is empowered by this new Act to not only investigate appropriate complaints that it received but can also initiate investigations on its own from information received from any other source including the media.

Le 15 février, le Défenseur des droits a lancé une campagne de communication pour inciter les femmes victimes de harcèlement sexuel à faire valoir leurs droits. Dans son enquête consacrée au harcèlement sexuel au travail publiée en 2014, le Défenseur des droits révélait qu’une femme sur cinq avait fait l’objet de harcèlement sexuel au travail.

While participating in the annual meeting of the General Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) in Geneva from 21 - 23 February 2018, IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter used the opportunity to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT).

Questions related to reporting on the sessions of the Council of Elders and organizing journalists’ activities in the Municipality’s building are under the Human Rights Defender’s primary attention. Transparency and proper reporting is one of the important guarantees for securing public trust and citizens’ right to receive information.

"Fairness: A right, not a privilege" is the theme of this year’s report. It addresses the issue of fairness and how it applies to the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) delivery of service to taxpayers, and how the Ombudsman continues to help the CRA improve its service to taxpayers.

On 19 February 2018 a dialogue seminar was held in the Jordanian Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission on "The Role of Universities in Promoting Integrity and Combating Corruption". During the seminar, the Chairman of the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission, Mohamed Al-Allaf, stressed the importance of the partnership with Jordanian universities and educational bodies in communicating the mission of the Commission in promoting national integrity and combating corruption.

El Yuan de Control (YC) celebra la reunión de evaluación de los trabajos realizados en 2017: los poderes ejercidos por el organismo aumentaron los recursos financieros nacionales en NT$ 6.500 millones