Ombudsman intervenes amid tensions in Magna Steyr case
Human Rights Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer has intervened amid the growing tensions in the Magna Steyr case, strongly condemning the pressure being put on NGOs and civil society for challenging the environmental approval for car maker Magna Steyr to start building a paint shop near... more
NPM network meeting on medical care in prisons and psychiatric institutions
The Deputy Ombudsman and Head of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) Ivan Šelih and Adviser to the Ombudsman Jure Markič, MSc, attended the meeting of the Network of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM) for SV Europe, held from 5 – 6 July 2017 in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro,... more
NPM Network of SE Europe on the treatment of persons with mental disorders in detention
The Deputy Ombudsman and Head of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) Ivan Šelih, and the Ombudsman's Advisers Jure Markič and Robert Gačnik, attended the meeting of the Network of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM) for SE Europe, held from 25 – 26 May 2017 in Belgrade, the... more
Success of the National Preventive Mechanism in Preventing Torture or Other Cruel Treatment
“Conducting planned preventive visits has helped us achieve important success in preventing torture and other cruel treatment, and many of the visited institutions have improved their living conditions and treatment of persons deprived of liberty following our recommendations,” remarked... more
The use of pyjamas may violate the personal dignity of patients in psychiatric hospitals
Within the scope of performing the duties and powers of the National Preventive Mechanism (hereinafter: the NPM) on the basis of the Act ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Human Rights... more
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