Caring for the mental health of residents as a form of torture prevention
The United Nations General Assembly declared 26 June as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture to express solidarity with all those who have been victims of this grave violation of human rights. Torture is recognised in international law as one of the worst acts, aimed at... more
Deputy ombudsman Ivan Šelih at the international conference on human rights in tirana
Namestnik varuha človekovih pravic Ivan Šelih se v Tirani, v Albaniji, udeležuje mednarodne konference, ki jo je ob 25. obletnici svojega delovanja organizirala institucija albanskega ombudsmana. Šelih je ob častitljivem jubileju čestital gostiteljici albanski varuhinji človekovih pravic... more
Dr Dijana Možina Zupanc: “Without a human rights ombudsman, society loses its voice to speak on behalf of those who need it most.”
The members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia did not support the proposal of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Nataša Pirc Musar, who proposed the current Deputy Ombudsman, Dr Dijana Možina Zupanc, for election to the position of Human Rights Ombudsman. The... more
Human Rights Ombudsman Stresses the Importance of Fully Implementing Rights Defined in the Long-Term Care Act at the Intergenerational Coexistence Days
The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia is taking part in the Intergenerational Coexistence Days, held at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre (Gospodarsko razstavišče) and organised by the Slovenian Federation of Pensioners’ Associations (ZDUS). more
In Strasbourg on monitoring police detention and informal prison hierarchies
Deputy Ombudsman and Head of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) Ivan Šelih and NPM member Katarina Vučko attended the annual conference of the European NPM Forum entitled Monitoring Police Detention and the round table entitled Combating Informal Prison Hierarchies, organised by the... more
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