In Strasbourg on monitoring police detention and informal prison hierarchies

06/09/2025 | National preventive mechanism (NPM)

The Deputy Ombudsman opens the 115th Ombudsman's Corner at a business meeting in Podčetrtek with the mayor

06/03/2025 | The Human Rights Ombudsman

Kupi dopisov nakazujejo zaoszanek pri odgovajranju na vprašanja pobudnikov

The Responsiveness of the Slovenian Water Agency Still Remains a Problem

06/02/2025 | Environment and space

At the meeting of the European Network of Ombudsmen for Children on children's health and their protection in asylum proceedings

05/29/2025 | Children's rights

The challenges of managing dementia in nursing homes are no less, despite warnings from the Ombudsman and the profession

05/26/2025 | Persons in social security institutions

Namestnik varuha Šelih med kolegi iz DPM-jev na konferenci

Slovenian experiences at the European conference on monitoring conditions in administrative detention centres for migrants

05/26/2025 | National preventive mechanism (NPM)

National Preventive Mechanism

Child Advocacy

Human Rights Council

Center for HR

Addressed iniciatives and wider issues

06/02/2025

The Responsiveness of the Slovenian Water Agency Still Remains a Problem

Summary:

The Slovenian Water Agency (DRSV) violated the principle of good administration by failing to respond to a complainant's letters addressed to it between November 2023 and June 2024. It provided the complainant with verbal explanations by telephone and also announced a written response, but did not implement the announced response. In the end, it only responded in writing, but this required the intervention of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the...

05/19/2025

Repeated Discrepancy of the Definition of Disability with International Standards

Summary:

The proposal of the Act Amending the Pension and Disability Insurance Act (ZPIZ-20), prepared by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (MDDSZ), does not foresee a change in the definition of disability. Since the Human Rights Ombudsman has been alerting the ministry about this issue for several years, a call for the preparation of legislation that will be in line with international standards of the concept of...

Rikli Balance Hotel, Bled, Slovenia, 5 and 6 December 2024

The high-level conference aims to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia by bringing together heads of institutions and other international and national experts, practitioners, and policy-makers to discuss the effectiveness of Ombudsman institutions (OIs) and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in addressing contemporary human rights challenges.

Recording of the first day of the conference

More details and programme

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