Meeting of the European Network of Ombudsmen for Children on caring for the mental and physical health of children
The Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman, Dr. Jože Ruparčič, attended the annual conference of the European Network of Ombudsmen for Children (ENOC) in Bucharest from 17 to 19 September 2025. The main topic was ensuring the mental and physical health of children as a foundation for their... more
Ombudsman: Children with rare diseases and their families should not be abandoned
The Committee on Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities held a debate on children with rare diseases and the hardships of their families on 19 September 2025. Deputy Ombudsman Dr. Dijana Možina Zupanc highlighted the importance of comprehensive regulation of the field of rare... more
At the Festival of the Third Age on loneliness among the elderly
The Human Rights Ombudsman (hereinafter: Ombudsman) is once again participating in the Festival of the Third Age, which is marking its 24th anniversary. The festival will take place from 30 September to 2 October 2025 at Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana and is open to visitors free of charge... more
Representatives of the Ombudsman institution in Maribor today
The Deputy Ombudsman, Ivan Šelih, who is temporarily leading the institution of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia until the election of the Ombudsman, met with his colleagues in the City Municipality of Maribor today, 17 September 2025. Nineteen people who believed that the... more
The Ombudsman calls for urgent systemic measures to improve the situation in healthcare
Varuh človekovih pravic Republike Slovenije (Varuh) že več kot desetletje opozarja na problematiko pomanjkanja kadrov v različnih zdravstvenih in socialnovarstvenih ustanovah, kot so domovi za starejše, zdravstveni domovi, psihiatrične in druge bolnišnice, itd. Na podlagi prejetih pobud... more
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