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Continuous commitment and efforts by outstanding members of the ombudsman community have shaped the I.O.I. and made it the most important global and non-political organisation for the cooperation of more than 135 independent public service Ombudsman institutions.
Based on Art. 6 of the I.O.I. by-laws the I.O.I. Board has the possibility to award Honorary Life Memberships recognizing an exceptional contribution in respect of the purposes of the Institute as well as outstanding services to the Institute. Already in autumn 2010 the Board of Directors decided to appoint Honorary Membership to former I.O.I. President Mr William P. Angrick II (Iowa/USA), former I.O.I. Vice-President Mr Mats Melin (Sweden), Ms Alice Tai (Hong Kong) as well as Dr. Hayden Thomas (Antigua/Barbuda).
In a communication on behalf of the entire I.O.I. Board I.O.I. Secretary General Peter Kostelka recently contacted all honorary members of the previous I.O.I. in Canada. He thanked them for their valuable services and informed them that their Honorary Life Membership was extended after the I.O.I. headquarters were relocated from Edmonton (Canada) to Vienna (Austria). He equally invited Mr Stephen Owen QC (Canada), Mr Harley Johnson (Canada), Dr Daniel Jacoby (Canada), Dr. Marten Oosting (The Netherlands), Mr Justice Abdul Salam (Pakistan), Sir William Reid (UK) and Sir Brian Elwood (New Zealand) to continue following the Institute’s work.
On this occasion the General Secretariat noted with sadness that Mr George Green (Jamaica), a member of the I.O.I. Board of Directors from 1985 to 1991 and an I.O.I. Canada honorary member, had deceased two years ago.
