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National preventive mechanism (NPM)
Monitoring the rights of persons with disabilities: Insights from Slovenia’s NPM

While everyone in detention is vulnerable to abuse and ill-treatment, persons with disabilities can face additional risks. To mark the International...

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Na sliki vidne noge invalida in spodnja polovica bergel
Equal opportunities for disabled people and persons with special needs
Upon International Day of Persons with Disabilities the Ombudsman calls for action

Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed on 3 December, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina stresses that with the...

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Dignity and personality rights
The Slovenian Sign Language Day

This year marks 20 years since the adoption of the Slovenian Sign Language Act. On the occasion of Slovenian Sign Language Day, which is celebrated on...

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Equal opportunities for disabled people and persons with special needs
Ombudsman Svetina: "It is essential to put the rights of people with deafblindness into a legislative framework and to abandon the medical definition of deafblindness."

"Deafblind people are still not given enough attention in Slovenia, which is why today's event is a bright spot and, I sincerely hope, a cornerstone...

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