During its annual meeting, held in Namibia in September 2015, the IOI Board of Directors took decisions on applications for IOI membership and is delighted to welcome five institutions as new Voting members to the IOI family.

 

La Defensoría del Pueblo presentó el Reporte de Conflictos Sociales N° 140, correspondiente al mes de octubre de 2015, el cual da cuenta –entre otros aspectos- que durante ese período se registraron 214 conflictos sociales (151 activos y 63 latentes). Respecto al mes anterior vemos que se incorporaron dos casos nuevos, dos reactivados, se resolvieron dos, dos casos salieron del registro debido a su inactividad prolongada y dos casos pasaron de estado activo a latente.

Commenting on the Local Government Ombudsman's report highlighting the number of complaints it has received about adult social care in 2014/15, and the reasons behind the complaints, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Julie Mellor confirms that the number of unresolved complaints receive about the NHS in England and UK government departments is steadily increasing.

The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) is publishing its complaints statistics for adult social care – including data for both councils and private care providers – in its Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2014/15. The report is being published as part of the LGO’s role as the social care ombudsman, to encourage transparency and accountability across the whole adult social care complaints system.

 

The Office of the Ethiopian Institution of the Ombudsman (EOI) launched the November issue of its regular newsletter, which can now be accessed here.

Ombudswoman Lora Vidović followed an invitation from the Austrian Ombudsman Board and came to Vienna for a two-day visit to exchange experiences and expertise on the ex-post as well as preventive work of the two offices.

The Office of the Ontario Ombudsman celebrated 40 years of helping citizens resolve issues with the provincial government on 30 October 2015. The occasion comes as the office embarks on an historic expansion of its mandate – something the first Ombudsman began calling for in 1975.

The Northern Ireland Ombudsman (NIO) and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), with funding support from the IOI, have undertaken a three year project to optimize the resources of their respective organisations with the objective of improved outcomes for the service user and enhanced public services overall. In May 2016 the offices of the NIO and the NIHRC warmly invite you to participate in an International Conference which will focus on sharing the features and benefits of the developed human rights manual.