Dear Slovenian Citizens, we are marking 72 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The period before its adoption at the session of the United Nations General Assembly in Paris in 1948 left a significant mark on the world. The effects of the horrors of war... more

The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia took note of the 2019 Report of the National Preventive Mechanism at today's session of 22 October 2020. As the Human Rights Ombudsman, Peter Svetina, was in contact with a person infected with COVID-19 and therefore is in quarantine,... more

the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia discussed the 25th Annual Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the report on implementing the tasks of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2019. These are the first reports prepared during the term of office of Peter Svetina as Human... more

The Human Rights Ombudsman's report for 2019 highlights problems with elderly care, accessibility issues for disabled persons, and lack of pedopsychiatrists among continuing human rights challenges in Slovenia.The report lists 305 violations and irregularities that involved 48 bodies. The... more

Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina has made nearly 160 concrete recommendations to a variety of state bodies in the 2019 annual report. He also expressed concern that as many as 200 recommendations made by his predecessors are yet to be implemented, with one dating back as far as 2013.... more