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Freedom of conscience and expression

"The consequences of hate speech are devastating, and it is imperative that we pay attention to the ways and means to prevent it," said Jerneja Turin,...

Today, 21 October 2024, the Human Rights Ombudsman (hereafter: Ombudsman) Peter Svetina and Dr. Simona Drenik Bavdek, assistant head of the Center for...

Today, 5 June 2024, Ombudsman Peter Svetina submitted the 29th regular Annual Report of the Ombudsman and the 16th report of the National Preventive...

On 18 October 2023, the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia discussed the 28th Annual Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the Report on...

Ombudsman Peter Svetina received the Ombudsman for the viewers and listeners’ rights (PGP) of Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO), Marica Uršič Zupan....

On 11 April 2023, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina and Deputy Ombudsman Dr Jože Ruparčič, who is in charge of children’s rights protection,...

On 20 March 2023, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina visited four municipalities in the Gorenjska region where he met with their mayors. They talked...

Following the consideration of all the applications received from non-governmental organisations working in the field of human rights, Human Rights...

After the then German president Roman Herzog proclaimed 27 January Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Nazism upon the fiftieth anniversary of the...