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
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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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At the conference on monitoring the rights of specific groups of people deprived of their liberty, the Head of the Slovenian NPM addresses the situation of the elderly
Ivan Šelih, Deputy Ombudsman and Head of the Slovenian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), spoke about the situation of older people living in retirement homes and prisons at the conference entitled Monitoring the rights of specific groups of people deprived of their liberty. He... more
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Ombudsman Svetina presents the 2021 reports of the Ombudsman's institution and the NPM for 2021 to the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia
The National Council of the Republic of Slovenia discussed on 21 September 2022 the fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/lp/LP_2021/Letno_porocilo_VCP_RS_za_leto_2021.pdf - - "The 27th Annual Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia for 2021" and the... 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
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