Upon International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Ombudsman Svetina also on how dangerous hatred, intolerance, incitement, and expressing one’s own superiority are
After the then German president Roman Herzog proclaimed 27 January Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Nazism upon the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1995, this day was also proclaimed International Holocaust Remembrance Day in... more
The Human Rights Ombudsman to Lodge a Request for a Review of the Constitutionality of the Amendment to the Financial Administration Act
After examining the Act Amending the Financial Administration Act (ZFU-B), the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman) decided to request the initiation of the procedure for the review of the constitutionality at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia.... more
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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 Counc
The National Council of the Republic of Slovenia today, 26 January 2023, discussed the about:blank The Human Rights Ombudsman (Ombudsman) decided to make a special report on the basis of anonymous complaints from users of centres for social work.
“Enabling physical access to public... more
The National Assembly Appoints Dr Dijana Možina Zupanc Deputy Ombudsman
On the proposal of the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina, which was approved on 19 January 2023 by the Commission for Public Office and Elections, the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia appointed as Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman Dijana Možina Zupanc, PhD, on 24 January 2023.... more
The Ombudsman Visits the Acting Director of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana
The Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina visited the acting director of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana (UKC), Assist Prof Dr Marko Jug, on 20 January 2023. They talked about the situation in health care and the rights and duties of patients. They agreed that the pandemic has left... more
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