On the importance of rule of law reports at the ENHRI meeting in Sofia
On 24 October 2022, Dr Simona Drenik Bavdek, Deputy Head of the Centre for Human Rights at the Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia, addressed the participants of the meeting of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) on the Network's approach to the rule of... more
Croatia also wants to set up a Children's House to follow the example of Slovenia and some other European countries
On Monday, 17 October 2022, the Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman Jože Ruparčič hosted the Croatian Ombudsperson for Children Helenca Pirnat Dragičević, and the Croatian Minister of Justice and Public Administration Ivan Malenica. The meeting focused on the implementation of the Barnahus... more
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At the conference on monitoring the rights of specific groups of people deprived of their liberty, the Head of the Slovenian NPM addresses the situation of the elderly
Ivan Šelih, Deputy Ombudsman and Head of the Slovenian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), spoke about the situation of older people living in retirement homes and prisons at the conference entitled Monitoring the rights of specific groups of people deprived of their liberty. He... more
Ombudsman Svetina presents the findings of the Human Rights Ombudsman institution relating to the environment and spatial planning to the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environ
On 4 October 2022, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina received the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David R.Boyd, who is currently on an official visit to Slovenia. Svetina briefed him on the findings of the Slovenian Human Rights Ombudsman... more
Ombudsman Peter Svetina Meeting His Cypriot Colleague Maria Stylianou-Lottides on an Official Visit
At the invitation of Maria Stylianou-Lottides, the Commissioner for Administration and the Protection of Human Rights of the Republic of Cyprus, the Slovenian Ombudsman Peter Svetina is currently on an official visit to Nicosia. His visit confirms the excellent relations between their two... more