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Zbir slik, ki ponazarjajo invalidnost
Institutional care
An overview of activities in the area of ensuring the human rights of persons with disabilities / January–March 2023

The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman) addressed various complaints made by people turned to the institution between...

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Varuh Svetina s predsednico republike Slovenije
Human rights Center
Centres for social work must be accessible to all

 

On 28 March 2023, the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina presented the Special Report of the Ombudsman about the accessibility of centres for...

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Simbolni kolaž, ki ponazarja različne invalidnosti
Human rights Center
An Overview of the Ombudsman’s Activities in the Field of Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities / October–December 2022

Between October and December 2022, the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (the Ombudsman) discussed various complaints from people who...

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Portretna fotografija varuha človekovih pravic Petra Svetine
Human rights Center
Ombudsman Svetina presents findings of the Human Rights Ombudsman from the Special Report about the accessibility of centres for social work for people with disabilities at the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia

The National Council of the Republic of Slovenia today, 26 January 2023, discussed the Special Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman about the...

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Simbolna slika klančine za invalide
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...

Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami  |  Gluhi in naglušni  |  Gluhoslepi  |  Osebe s težavami v duševnem zdravju
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...

Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami  |  Gluhi in naglušni  |  Gluhoslepi  |  Osebe s težavami v duševnem zdravju
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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