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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
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Ombudsman Svetina presents the 2021 reports of the Ombudsman's institution and the NPM for 2021 to the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia
The National Council of the Republic of Slovenia discussed on 21 September 2022 the fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/lp/LP_2021/Letno_porocilo_VCP_RS_za_leto_2021.pdf - - "The 27th Annual Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia for 2021" and the... more
Slovenian experience in the prevention of torture in the framework of a Council of Europe project for guests from Turkey
From 13 to 15 September 2022, the https://www.varuh-rs.si/en/about-us/organisational-units-and-hro-council/ombudsman-as-a-nmp/ -new-window "Opens internal link in current window" in Slovenia, an internal organisational unit of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia, hosted a study... more
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Presentation of the Ombudsman's report for 2021 to interested committees in the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia
On 14 September 2022, the Ombudsman Peter Svetina attended a joint session of the competent Commission for State Regulation and the interested Commission for Social Welfare, Labour, Health and Persons with Disabilities in the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia.
He presented the... more
Monitoring the use of force in prisons to prevent torture discussed in Poland
On 24 and 25 August 2022, Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih attended the fifth annual meeting of national preventive mechanisms (NPM) in the Polish capital of Warsaw entitled Monitoring the use of force and law enforcement equipment in the criminal justice system. The meeting was aimed at... more