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Persons Renting Beds in a Residential Unit of the Community for Young People on Gerbičeva street in Ljubljana May also be Entitled to a Rent Subsidy
Summary:

The complainant, who lives in a residential unit of the Community for Young People on Gerbičeva street in Ljubljana and rents a bed, was refused an...

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Otroci in mladina
Social benefits, grants and scholarships
Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (MDDSZ) Accepted the Ombudsman’s Position on the Limitation as an Essential Criterion for Determining the Minimum Income Security of Persons with Disabilities
Summary:

The Ombudsman was interested in why persons with the status of a person with disabilities according to the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of...

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Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami  |  Osebe s težavami v duševnem zdravju
Foreigners
Government acknowledges the need to recognise the social rights of non-residents
Summary:

In the opinion of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia, the sentence of the second paragraph of Article 51 of the Aliens Act...

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Tujci
Social benefits, grants and scholarships
Residing abroad and eligibility for a solidarity allowance to eliminate the consequences of energy poverty
Summary:

The Pension and Disability Insurance Institute of Slovenia (ZPIZ) explained to a petitioner, a pensioner with a permanent residence in Slovenia, that...

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Starejši
Social Security
Discrimination against Zois scholarship holders due to their material standing
Summary:

Examining the wider issue on the basis of a specific complaint, the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman) considered the...

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Otroci in mladina