The Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina has welcomed the publication of a report by the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) on the state of the rule of law in the European Union, which contains contributions from the national human rights institutions of the... more

The Human Rights Ombudsman (Ombudsman) has, for many years, been noticing and pointing out that the situation related to freedom of expression in Slovenia remains strongly connected with current social events. It is due to the importance of freedom of expression itself that the Ombudsman... more

On 6 April 2022, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina, inaugurated the Ombudsman's Corner in the lobby of the Town Hall of the Urban Municipality of Kranj in the company of Mayor Matjaž Rakovec. The Urban Municipality of Kranj thus became the first Slovenian municipality with the... more

A delegation of the Board of Directors of the European Region of the https://www.theioi.org/the-i-o-i - -new-window "Opens internal link in current window", headed by Regional President and Ombudsman of Greece Andreas Pottakis and Board member and Ombudsman of Slovenia Peter Svetina,... more

On 9 March 2022, the heads of the Information Commissioner, the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, the Court of Auditors and the Ombudsman met on a working meeting at which they pointed to the issue of ensuring conditions for the functioning of the independent institutions.... more