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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 14 November each year, Ombudsman Peter Svetina congratulates all representatives of the deaf and hard of hearing community for all their... more
NPM presents the system and implementation of powers as per the Optional Protocol to the North Macedonian delegation
Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and his colleagues involved in the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) hosted their colleagues from North Macedonia for two days. As part of their study visit, the guests became acquainted with the structure of the National Preventive Mechanism in Slovenia, its... more
By means of an analysis, the Ombudsman determines shortfalls when training public employees in state administration on human rights
Enhancing education and training on human rights is one of the priority tasks of the Human Rights Centre (Centre) operating within the framework of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman). To this end, the Centre prepared the analysis entitled Provision of... more
With Croatian delegation on mechanisms of supervision of police work
Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih hosted yesterday, on 8 November 2022, a working visit by a Croatian delegation headed by Saša Rajić, the deputy of the Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia Tena Šimonović Einwalter. They discussed the experience, knowledge and good practices related to... more
National Assembly considers the Ombudsman's reports for 2021 at plenary session
The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia discussed on 27 October 2022 the 27th annual report of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the report on the implementation of the tasks of the National Preventive Mechanism. The year 2021, to which the reports refer, was also heavily... more