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Dignity and personal rights |
Equal opportunities |
Blind and visually impaired
Braille Alphabet Opens the Door into the World for the Blind and Partially Sighted
The purpose of the World Braille Day, observed on 4 January, is to raise awareness about the significance of the alphabet enabling blind and partially sighted people to convert the written word into a tactile form so they can read and write. The Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina... more
By means of an analysis, the Ombudsman determines shortfalls when training public employees in state administration on human rights
Enhancing education and training on human rights is one of the priority tasks of the Human Rights Centre (Centre) operating within the framework of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman). To this end, the Centre prepared the analysis entitled Provision of... more
Center for human rights |
Deinstitutionalization |
Equal opportunities |
Deaf and hard of hearing |
People with disabilities |
Persons with mental health issues
Overview of the Ombudsman's activities in the field of human rights of persons with disabilities / July–September 2022
Between July and September 2022, the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman) processed various initiatives of individuals who contacted him in connection with the exercise of human rights of persons with disabilities. He helped the petitioners by providing... more
Presentation of international human rights standards in cases of intersex people in medical procedures
On 6 October 2022, the representative of the Centre for Human Rights presented relevant international human rights standards at the round table of the Advocate of the Principle of Equality on the situation of intersex people in medical procedures. She drew attention to various... more
Center for human rights |
Labor matters |
Dignity and personal rights |
National preventive mechanism |
Equal opportunities |
People with disabilities |
LGBTQ+ |
Restriction of personal freedom |
Children and youth |
Children’s rights |
Social security |
Elderly |
Freedom of conscience and expression |
Children’s advocacy
Ombudsman Svetina presents the reports of the Ombudsman's institution and the NPM for 2021 to the parent working body
Today, on 11 October 2022, in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, the Ombudsman Peter Svetina presented two reports for 2021, the report of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia and the report on the implementation of the tasks of the National Preventive Mechanism,... more
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