On 4 May 2023, the Taxpayers' Ombudsperson, Mr. François Boileau, announced his intention to closely monitor complaints received at his office concerning individuals who have already paid back COVID-related benefit overpayments to the Government of Canada yet are still receiving collection letters from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Les hacemos llegar el 72. Reporte Internacional de “Derechos Humanos en Perspectiva Internacional” elaborado por el Programa de Observación y Asistencia para el Fortalecimiento de las Defensorías del Pueblo, que forma parte de la Unidad de Política Institucional de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina).

On 8 May 2023, the signing of the MOU on bilateral cooperation between the Chief Ombudsman of Thailand, Mr. Somsak Suwansujarit, and the Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea, Ms. Jeon Hyun-Heui, took place at the Office of the Secretariat of the International Ombudsman Institute in Vienna, in the Republic of Austria.

On 7 May 2023, the Office of the Ombudsman, within the Office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman, hosted a peer learning event for staff of the Ministry of Defense on the theme: "Handling Complaints - Exposure and Challenges".

Por iniciativa del Procurador de los Derechos Humanos de Guatemala, Dr. Alejandro Córdova Herrera, se habilitó una mesa de diálogo el 28 de marzo de 2023, para buscar soluciones pacíficas a las demandas de los pueblos indígenas que integran los 48 Cantones de Totonicapán y autoridades de las alcaldías indígenas.

On Wednesday, 24 May 2023, the Dutch National Ombudsman, the Ombudsman for Children and the Ombudsman for Veterans presented their 2022 Annual Report to the House of Representatives: Time for the citizen. In it, they call on the government to listen to citizens more often, sooner and to better effect. Despite having seen some positive examples from the government, the ombudsmen continue to take a critical view, particularly with regard to the influence and control that citizens currently have over the work of the government.

El encuentro, que se desarrollará entre el 8 y el 10 de junio 2023 en los municipios bonaerenses de Ezeiza y Avellaneda, busca constituir un espacio de referencia para el análisis y la promoción de políticas, saberes y metodologías sobre la justicia y las prácticas restaurativas.

In his opening remark at a town hall meeting on systemic and proactive investigation into welfare of inmates in the correctional centres in Nigeria at Owerri, Imo State at 10 May 2023, the Honourable Chief Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission, Hon. Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf, stressed the need for the Government to create and maintain a conducive environment for said inmates.