Mr Wayne Lines has recently been appointed as the South Australian Ombudsman (effective from 18 December 2014). Mr Lines is just the sixth Ombudsman appointed since the establishment of the Office of the Ombudsman in 1972.

Acting upon the directions by the Federal Ombudsman (Wafaqi Mohtasib) of Pakistan, the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) reimbursed an amount of Rs. 80,820/- that was extra charged by the department from a passenger travelling from Pakistan to the United Kingdom.

On 29 December 2014 based on the results of examination of two years of activities of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights the Bureau of the International Coordination Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC NHRI) has granted to the Commissioner for Human Rights the “A” status - the highest status of compliance with the UN Paris Principles.

In its efforts to further increase the regional impact of the IOI, the members of the IOI Board of Directors decided at the Annual Board Meeting in Vienna to continue the regional subsidy programme for the membership year 2014/2015.

A research by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) examines support service provision for victims of crime across the 28 EU Member States, in line with the 2012 EU Victims’ Directive and focuses not on abstract fundamental rights standards but on the final practical results.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Service is today calling on past, present and future service users and the organisations it investigates to provide feedback on its service to help develop its service charter.

The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete has recently appointed Hon. Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga as the new Chairman of the Tanzania Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG).

The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) held a symposium on „Addressing children’s vulnerabilities in detention“ in 2014 and published an outcome report which provides an overview of the context and key principles related to children in conflict with the law and deprived of their liberty, as well as the main risk factors and situations which need to be addressed by NPMs.