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 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

The Slovenian Human Rights Ombudsman, Peter Svetina, has met with the Hungarian Ombudsman, Dr Ákos Kozma. At their first meeting, they discussed the challenges that the institutions for the protection of human rights faced in their operations.Ombudsman Svetina advocated the... more

Today, 13 January 2020, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina hosted a working visit from Werner Amon, Secretary General of the IOI – International Ombudsman Institute and (chief) Austrian Ombudsman. Amon was appointed on 1 June 2019 and, in accordance with Austrian law, holds his... more

Through its Centre for Human Rights, the Ombudsman actively participated in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Slovenia (the third cycle) within the UN Human Rights Council. In March 2019 the Ombudsman contributed its Stakeholder's submission for a summary of information submitted by... more