The 13th World Conference and General Assembly of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) was successfully hosted by the National Ombudsman of the Netherlands in The Hague from 12 – 17 May 2024. After the years of the pandemic, the conference provided an opportunity for the entire membership of the IOI to meet again in person after eight long years and 200 delegates from 60 different countries and all six IOI regions participated in this important quadrennial event.

The 13th IOI world conference started on Wednesday, 15 May 2024 in The Hague. After giving his opening speech, His Majesty the King of the Netherlands revealed together with the future generation three paintings on the theme of the conference: working together for our tomorrow. This was followed by the speech of the keynote speaker, Ian Buruma, with the title: We Are the People: Citizenship, Identity and the Nation-State. 

El 14 de mayo de 2024, la titular de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la Ciudad de México (CDHCM), Nashieli Ramírez Hernández, tomó protesta en el cargo honorífico como presidenta del Instituto Interamericano del Ombudsman (IIO) para el periodo 2024-2028. En los 45 años desde su fundación, es la primera vez que México preside el IIO, la segunda ocasión que lo hace una persona latinoamericana y la primera vez que una mujer de esa región encabeza el liderazgo del Instituto.