Ombudsman receives head of the European Commission Representation in Slovenia
Today, on 9 June 2022, the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina received for a presentation visit the head of the European Commission Representation in Slovenia, Jerneja Jug Jerše. They talked about the challenges faced by the EU Member States as a result of the coronavirus pandemic,... more
Ombudsman Svetina and Deputy Šelih attend ceremony marking 10th anniversary of the Austrian National Preventive Mechanism
The Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina and the Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih attended in Vienna on 7 June 2022, at the invitation of the Austrian national human rights institution, a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Austrian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) under the... more
Ombudsman Svetina at the meeting of the International Ombudsman Institute in Greece
Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina is attending the meeting of the General Assembly and Conference of the European Region of the https://www.theioi.org/ - -new-window "Opens internal link in current window"*) in Athens, Greece. Svetina also serves as one of the organisation’s regional... more
On the role of human rights institutions in times of crises in Strasbourg
Slovenian Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina attended a two-day conference of the European Network of Ombudsmen (ENO) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Hosted by the offices of the European and French human rights ombudsman's offices, representatives of European national... more
International Ombudsman Institute delegation visits the Hungary-Ukraine border
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