Deinstitutionalization |
Dementia |
Dignity and personal rights |
Mental health |
Equal opportunities |
Restriction of personal freedom |
Persons with mental health issues |
Social security
The Ombudsman Highlighted the Importance of Deinstitutionalisation during his Visit to the Museum of Madness
The Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina visited the Museum of Madness, which has been operating since 2013 in the Cmurek Castle in Trate in Zgornja Velka. Prior to that period, between 1954 and 2004, one of the units of the Hrastovec Social Care Institution was located there and housed... more
Ombudsman Svetina Presented Findings from the Ombudsman's Special Report on the Accessibility of Centres for Social Work for Persons with Disabilities to the Working Body Responsible
The Human Rights Ombudsman presented the findings from the Ombudsman's Special Report on the Accessibility of Centres for Social Work for Persons with Movement and Sensory Impairments at the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, with the working body responsible of the Commission... more
Center for human rights |
Deinstitutionalization |
Equal opportunities |
Deaf and hard of hearing |
Deafblind |
Persons with mental health issues |
People with disabilities |
Blind and visually impaired
An Overview of the Ombudsman’s Activities in the Field of Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities / October–December 2022
Between October and December 2022, the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (the Ombudsman) discussed various complaints from people who turned to the institution regarding the provision of human rights of people with disabilities. Complainants were helped with explanations... more
Ombudsman Lodged a Request for the Review of Constitutionality of the Criminal Procedure Act
The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman) lodged a request for the review of constitutionality with the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia (US RS), since he believes that the arrangement of Article 169 of the Criminal Procedure Act (ZKP), which does... more
Upon International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Ombudsman Svetina also on how dangerous hatred, intolerance, incitement, and expressing one’s own superiority are
After the then German president Roman Herzog proclaimed 27 January Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Nazism upon the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1995, this day was also proclaimed International Holocaust Remembrance Day in... more
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