The Ombudsman, Peter Svetina, presented the Ombudsman's Annual Report for 2021 to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tanja Fajon, at a meeting at the Ombudsman's premises. They discussed the Ombudsman's international activities, especially in his role as a national human rights institution.... more

The Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina and the Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih attended in Vienna on 7 June 2022, at the invitation of the Austrian national human rights institution, a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Austrian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) under the... more

At the invitation extended by the Greek Ombudsman Andreas Pottakis, the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina is currently attending the session of the General Assembly of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen (AOM) in Nafplio, Greece. The central topics of this year’s meeting, which... more

Slovenian National preventive mechanism (NPM) has also signed a joint statement in which members of global torture prevention community are calling for protection of Afghanistan’s national preventive mechanism. The recent Taliban military offensive poses a grave threat to the continued... more

For the first time – today on International Women’s Day – 41 oversight bodies from across the globe have joined with the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) to call for sustained government action to protect women in prison.Around the world, more than 75 national and local... more