Ombudsman Svetina and Deputy Šelih attend ceremony marking 10th anniversary of the Austrian National Preventive Mechanism
The Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina and the Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih attended in Vienna on 7 June 2022, at the invitation of the Austrian national human rights institution, a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Austrian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) under the... more
Meeting with the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)
A delegation of the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) is currently on a visit to Slovenia. On Monday, 6 June 2022, they met with representatives of the Ombudsman.
GRETA was established in accordance with the Council of Europe... more
Ombudsman meets with civil society regarding care for the environment and space
Today, on 6 June 2022, at a working meeting, the Human Rights Ombudsman received representatives of non-governmental organisations responsible for the exercise of environmental and spatial rights. He regretted that the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning did not implement any... more
The Ombudsman warns about the increase in violence against children
At the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, which is marked every 4 June, the Ombudsman stressed that we need to have zero tolerance towards all forms of violence. “During the last two years. we have worryingly seen an increase in violence against children.... more
The Ombudsman at the round table on human rights and values
On 2 June 2022, the Ombudsman participated at the round table in the framework of the first national conference of the European Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme, organised by the PiNA association.
At the round table titled CERV and us, they discussed human rights... more
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