The Ombudsman's participation in the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review
Through its Centre for Human Rights, the Ombudsman actively participated in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Slovenia (the third cycle) within the UN Human Rights Council. In March 2019 the Ombudsman contributed its Stakeholder's submission for a summary of information submitted by... more
Ombudsman Svetina and his deputy Šelih meet with the Greek Ombudsman
On Monday, 2 December 2019, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina and his deputy Ivan Šelih paid an official visit to Athens, Greece, at the invitation of Greek Ombudsman Andreas Pottakis. At the meeting, they discussed good cooperation between the institutions and activities within... more
Ombudsman Svetina at a conference marking the 15th anniversary of the Armenian Ombudsman
Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina attended the international conference marking the 15th anniversary of the Human Rights Ombudsman of Armenia, held on 26 and 27 November 2019 in Yerevan. The two institutions are linked by a long-standing cooperation, as Armenia followed Slovenia's... more
Training on the monitoring of the use of weapons and restraints
At the request of the Head of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) and Deputy Ombudsman, Mr Ivan Šelih, on 21 November 2019, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), in cooperation with the... more
Peter Svetina paid a working visit to Rafael Ribó
Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina paid a working visit to Rafael Ribó, Catalan Ombudsman and Regional President for Europe at the https://www.theioi.org - -new-window "Opens internal link in current window", in which more than 100 ombuds institutions participate. After their first... more