On 29 January 2024, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani presented a new Deputy Public Defender of Georgia. Irine Chikhladze will coordinate and supervise the activities of the Department of Children's Rights, Gender Department, Department of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Equality Department and Regional Division of the Public Defender's Office.

On 24 January 2024, Deputy Ombudsman, Dr Dijana Možina Zupanc, participated in a meeting of the Committee on Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Disability, at which the issue of older people, primarily in retirement homes was discussed. She presented the basic findings recorded by the institution of the Ombudsman while considering complaints connected to older people, about which it also warns the competent authorities and reports to the National Assembly.

Alertée par les associations, membres de son comité d’entente Précarité, et par voie de presse, la Défenseure des droits, Claire Hédon, a décidé de se saisir d’office de risques d’atteintes aux droits et libertés ainsi que d’éventuelles situations de discrimination dans le contexte de la préparation et de l’organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques qui se tiendront à Paris à l’été 2024.

While discussing the implementation status of the recommendations on the study "Issues of girls' education in Sindh", the Ombudsman Sindh urged the Government of Sindh to eliminate the non-functional one-room schools and to construct community-based low cost primary schools to provide equal education.

The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says New Zealand must be even more open and direct if it is to improve its ranking as one of the least corrupt countries in the world. The just-released 2023 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index shows New Zealand has slipped to 3rd place on 85 points, after being ranked 2nd equal with Finland on 87 points in 2022.

January 2024 marks Kevin Brezinski’s one-year anniversary in office since he began as Alberta Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner. In an interview, the Ombudsman speaks about his time in these two important roles and his plans for the future.

Con el objetivo de trabajar en conjunto por los derechos de las niñas y las adolescentes del país, la Defensoría del Pueblo y el Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas (UNFPA), acordaron establecer estrategias en común para la prevención del embarazo adolescente como tema prioritario.

Al estar próximos a finalizar el primer mes del año, la oficina de la Defensoría del Pueblo en Pasco exhortó al Gobierno Regional de Pasco a retomar el trabajo de las instancias de concertación de lucha contra la violencia hacia las mujeres e integrantes del grupo familiar. Mediante este pedido, se busca evitar repetir lo ocurrido en el 2023, en que la actividad de estos grupos de trabajo fue mínima, lo que dificultó la reducción de los índices de violencia en esta región.