On Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 10 am (Eastern Standard Time) a webinar co-sponsored by the World Bank Governance Global Practice, the Open Government Partnership and the IOI will be held. The Webinare will deal with “Ombudsman Innovations for advancing Open Government” and presenters will include Toronto Ombudsman Fiona Crean and Scottish Ombudsman Jim Martin.

The Ombudsman, Soledad Becerril, has called for promoting the abolishment of visits to their children by individuals charged with gender violence in order to avoid possible risks.

A vulnerable patient with suicidal thoughts was found dead in a river after being let down by two trusts in East Anglia, an investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman found.

Commonwealth Ombudsman Colin Neave informs about the latest developments and achievement of his office in January 2015.

On 2 February 2015 a delegation from IOI member Control Yuan took the opportunity of a stay in Vienna to pay a courtesy visit to the IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter.

In her welcoming remarks, the Ombudswoman of the Gambia, Ms. Fatou NJIE-JALLOW, introduced the new website of the Office of the Ombudsman.

Ombudsman Anna Šabatová has turned to the judiciary to look into the suspected cases of maltreatment of seniors in homes for elderly, including restrictions of their personal freedom, bad nourishment, suspicious use of medicines and other serious flaws.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s casework revealed that the lives of mothers and babies could be put at risk because of an inherent conflict of interest in the supervision of midwives.