Ombudsman Peter Svetina responded to the invitation of European Parliament Fact-Finding Mission representatives, who conducted interviews in Slovenia with the representatives of national authorities, independent institutions, civil society, various experts and the media to examine the... more

Ombudsman Peter Svetina and Deputy Ombudsman Miha Horvat attended a virtual meeting with representatives of the Council of Europe's Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, who are currently visiting Slovenia. The Advisory Committee is... more

At the invitation extended by the Greek Ombudsman Andreas Pottakis, the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina is currently attending the session of the General Assembly of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen (AOM) in Nafplio, Greece. The central topics of this year’s meeting, which... more

Slovenian National preventive mechanism (NPM) has also signed a joint statement in which members of global torture prevention community are calling for protection of Afghanistan’s national preventive mechanism. The recent Taliban military offensive poses a grave threat to the continued... more

On 26 March 2021, the Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group of the European Parliament which operates in the framework of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs continued the discussion on the freedom of the media and the... more