NPM on the treatment of prisoners addicted to psychoactive substances
As part of the healthcare section of the SEE NPM Network, National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) Serbia organised on 22 December 2020 an online meeting of members of the network on the treatment of persons addicted to psychoactive substances in prisons. The meeting was aimed at exchanging... more
SEE NPM Network members on implementing recommendations and working in special situations
On December 7, 2020, Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and members of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) attended the second online workshop of members of the SEE NPM Network on the topic of monitoring the implementation of the NPM recommendations (particularly the aspect of exercising the... more
The Ombudsman’s submission to GREVIO
On 29th September 2020, representatives of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia met with two representatives of the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO), who were visiting Slovenia to acquire information regarding the... more
Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women on COVID-19 and the increase of domestic violence against women
Upon the request of the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences, Ms Dubravka Šimonović, the Ombudsman’s Centre for Human Rights prepared information regarding the gender-based violence against women and domestic violence in the context of the... more
Human rights ombudsman concerned with irresponsiveness of state bodies
Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina has made nearly 160 concrete recommendations to a variety of state bodies in the 2019 annual report. He also expressed concern that as many as 200 recommendations made by his predecessors are yet to be implemented, with one dating back as far as 2013.... more
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