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
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Human Rights Ombudsman
ENNHRI publishes report on strengthening human rights accountability at borders
As part of a project that also includes the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia, the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions published the https://ennhri.org/strengthening-human-rights-accountability-at-borders-report/. The Report is based on last year’s... more
Ombudsman Svetina: “Torture is a crime, and the prohibition of torture is absolute!”
On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, Ombudsman Peter Svetina stresses that torture is a crime and can never be justified, and that the prohibition of torture is absolute. On this day exactly 35 years ago, the United Nations Convention... more
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