In the Czech city of Brno, an annual V4 meeting was held of ombudspersons from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In the adopted declaration "Human Rights for Everyone", the Visegrad Group ombudspersons emphasized their common goals and values, as well as the significance of the institution of ombudsman maintaining independence of the authorities. Thanks to such independence, the ombudspersons may support ordinary people in their conflicts with the state.

La Procuración Penitenciaria se presentó en calidad de “Amigo del Tribunal” ante la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación por el derecho al voto de las personas condenadas.

The Ombudsman institution of Ireland has published the September 2017 edition of The Ombudsman's Casebook. In this publication the institution shares summaries of some of the cases Ombudsman Peter Tyndall recently examined.

The Annual Report 2016 of the Ombudsman for Bermuda has been tabled in the House of Assembly and is now available to the public. The Ombudsman's Annual Report details the work of the Office from 1 January to 31 December 2016.

Con el objetivo general de abordar la problemática de las mujeres privadas de su libertad en el ámbito federal, el Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres y la Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación convocaron a organismos que trabajan en la materia para iniciar una agenda de trabajo articulada.

Disability services provider Autism Plus and the Department of Health and Human Services put clients at risk by failing to move a group home resident who was accused of sexually assaulting vulnerable housemates. Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass said the events raised serious concerns about the suitability of Autism Plus to provide programs and care for DHHS clients.

IOI President Peter Tyndall, General Secretary Günther Kräuter and the Vice-President of the European region of the IOI, Ms. Catherine De Bruecker attended the 20th anniversary of the People's Advocate Institution of Romania as well as the International Human Rights Conference hosted by the EOI in Bucharest from September 21-22.

The Ombudsperson for Children of the Republic of Croatia has prepared a questionnaire on the role of psychology in the field of human rights and social justice in order to explore views of individual independent organizations for human rights and Ombudspersons' offices on the matter. IOI members are kindly requested to support this project by filling out the form and sending it back by 8 October 2017.