Council of Europe Highlights 2016 is an overview of the organisation’s activities aimed at protecting and promoting individual rights through the continent and improving the welfare of European citizens while also contributing to the stability of their countries.

Space is filling up fast for the Ontario Ombudsman's "Sharpening Your Teeth: Advanced Investigative Training for Administrative Watchdogs” training course. Register today by emailing training@ombudsman.on.ca. The course takes place October 16-18, 2017, in Toronto, Ontario and covers investigation planning, interviewing, assessing evidence, report writing, and using digital and social media tools to conduct and publicize an investigation.

Older vulnerable people are often reliant on relatives to raise concerns when things go wrong in hospital. However – as a survey, published by Gransnet and the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman revealed – over half of family members with a concern find it difficult to complain about the hospital care or treatment of an relative.

In the opinion of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, the state does not completely fulfill its obligations, as the cases of deaths in residential care homes are not automatically followed by objective, professional inquiries, independent from the age of the deceased person and the maintainer of the institution. In his report, Ombudsman László Székely requested the Minister of Human Capacities to act as soon as possible.

On behalf of the IOI community, IOI President Peter Tyndall and IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter issued a statement of solidarity with the people of Barcelona and extended the IOI's heartfelt condolences to those suffering in the wake of this catastrophe.

En el marco de las recorridas por los centros de detención, la Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación (PPN) pudiera constatar serias violaciones a los derechos fundamentales de las personas privadas de libertad. Se advirtió la falta de acceso a la salud, trabajo, educación, alimentación, así como también pésimas condiciones materiales de alojamiento. Frente a la gravedad de la situación verificada, la PPN está trabajando en la elaboración de un informe y recomendaciones que serán presentadas a las autoridades.

Complaints made to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales about Welsh NHS bodies have increased by 8% over the past year, according to new figures. The Ombudsman, Nick Bennett, said the continued trend was concerning and called on the National Assembly for Wales to push forward with new Ombudsman legislation that will help drive up standards of public service delivery.

El 28 de julio pasado fue promulgada la ley 27.375 y publicada en Boletín Oficial de la Nación, planteando numerosas modificaciones a la ley 24.660 que regula la ejecución de las penas privativas de la libertad y también en ciertos aspectos el código penal.