The National Assembly is discussing the 2017 annual report of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, with the deputy groups labelling as unacceptable the poor responsiveness of certain ministries to the ombudsman's warnings, and calling for consistent respect of human rights. ... more

The Human Rights Ombudsman of the republic of Slovenia Vlasta Nussdorfer met United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on October 10th 2018. The main topic of their debate was respect of human rights. They discussed issues related to the elderly, institutional... more

Following media reports about Slovenian police allegedly turning away foreign citizens who wanted to request asylum, the Human Rights Ombudsman's office has found that the handling of migrants by the police was not ideal.A report issued on Wednesday says that the police should pay... more

President Borut Pahor has published a call for applications for the next human rights ombudsman, with the applications expected to be sent to the president's office by 15 October.The applications must contain a written consent from the candidate and documents proving the candidate's... more

At a press conference on the premises of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman) on Thursday, 21 June 2018, Ombudsman Vlasta Nusdorfer, her deputy and head of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) Ivan Šelih and advisers of the Ombudsman presented the... more