The Scope of the Previously Recognised Right to Personal Assistance Can Only be Replaced by Another Form of Comparable Service
The Ombudsman believes that it is possible to reduce the scope of the previously recognised right to personal assistance if the individual is provided with another service comparable in terms of the scope of assistance needed. If prejudice to a previously recognised right is possible... more
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 Sec
The Ombudsman was interested in why persons with the status of a person with disabilities according to the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities Act (ZZRZI) were not included among the recipients of the solidarity allowance for eliminating the consequences... more
Decisions on people’s rights must be comprehensible
Če odločitve o pravicah posameznikov niso obrazložene na način, da bi jih bilo mogoče razumeti in s tem omogočiti učinkovito vlaganje pravnih sredstev, to ni skladno z določbo 22. člena Ustave RS. Varuh je ministrstvo za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti prepričal, da se do... more
Dental care of persons with special needs
Pobudniki so opozorili na težave pri dostopu do zobozdravstvenih storitev pod splošno anestezijo za osebe s posebnimi potrebami. Te osebe, predvsem otroci, z zobozdravniki običajno ne sodelujejo, so prestrašeni, nemirni in vznemirjeni, zato je zobozdravstvena oskrba v tovrstnih primerih... more
Regulations must be interpreted constitutionally consistently
The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia believes that, when dealing with the issue of meeting the conditions to obtain the right to an old-age pension, the Pension and Disability Insurance Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (ZPIZ) should interpret the provision of... more