The Council is the Ombudsman's consultative body to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and to enhance legal certainty, which functions according to the principle of professional autonomy.

It is composed of President of the Council and 16 members, seven of whom were representatives of civil society, three representatives of science, two representatives of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and one representative of the Advocate of the Principle of Equality, the Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia, the National Assembly and the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia.

Plural representation enables the establishment of an effective cooperation of civil society when drafting the Ombudsman’s findings about the level of observance of human rights, fundamental freedoms and legal certainty in Slovenia

The Council implements the following consultative tasks:

• participates in the preparation of the Ombudsman’s findings about the level of observance of human rights, fundamental freedoms and legal certainty in the Republic of Slovenia;
• proposes to the Ombudsman the instigation of a procedure regarding possible violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms;
• discusses broader issues of promoting, protecting and monitoring of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the proposal of the Ombudsman;
• discusses reports of the Republic of Slovenia submitted to international organisations regarding human rights, and participates in preparing the Ombudsman’s independent reports about the realisation of international commitments of the Republic of Slovenia in the field of human rights;
• forms positions on development policies regarding human rights and fundamental freedoms;
• raises awareness of the public and experts about the importance and development of human rights and fundamental freedoms;
• implements other similar tasks at the Ombudsman’s proposal.

The Ombudsman’s mission is complemented significantly with the Council’s discussion of broader issues of promoting, protecting and supervising the observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the provision of opinions regarding development policies of human rights.

The term of the Council’s members depends on the Ombudsman’s term of off The Council’s work is regulated by its rules of procedure adopted by the Ombudsman after prior consultation with the Council’s members and are then published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia.