The Ombudsman also attends this year's GANHRI Annual General Assembly in Geneva
On 10 and 12 March, Deputy Ombudsman Miha Horvat and Jerneja Turin, advisor-analyst of the Human Rights Centre, as representatives of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman), were in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the annual meeting of the General Assembly of the... more
Respect for human rights as a path to a just and inclusive society
"If we want to be truly inclusive, we have a
never-ending task ahead of us," underlined Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman
Dr. Dijana Možina Zupanc today, 28 February, at a conference in honour
of the first Inclusion Day in the Republic of Slovenia. In her
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The fifth Ombudsman, Peter Svetina, is completing his mandate
On 23 February 2025, the six-year mandate of
the fifth Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia, Petar
Svetina, will expire. On 24 February 2019, he was elected to this
position with the unanimous support of all 89 present members of the
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The Deputy Ombudsman again pointed out in the National Assembly once the shortcomings in deciding on the right to personal assistance
Today, 12 February 2025, Deputy Human Rights
Ombudsman Dijana Možina Zupanc attended the meeting of the Commission
for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities (Commission), where
they discussed the challenges and shortcomings of personal assistance.
The... more
NPMs in Strasbourg on their reiteration of the problem of prison overcrowding
Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih, head of the National Preventive Mechanism in Slovenia (DPM), attended a workshop in Strasbourg, France, entitled Tackling overcrowding in European prisons: strengthening NPMs' role in safeguarding rights and ensuring effective oversight. more
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