On Tuesday, 14 November 2023, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina attended a celebratory event upon the 20th anniversary of the Društvo Mozaik society in Murska Sobota. The society works for the inclusion of vulnerable social groups. In the twenty years of their operation, they have... more

Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina addressed the participants of the celebratory event upon the 70th anniversary of the Institute for Education, Work and Care dr. Marijan Borštnar Dornava, of which he is honorary patron.  He remembered that as a student of special education at the... more

For 33 years, we have been celebrating the International Day of Older Persons on 1 October. According to the data of the Statistical Office of Slovenia, on 1 January this year, Slovenia had 453,708 inhabitants older than 65 years. Their share in the entire population is growing. According... more

On 30 September 2023, Ombudsman Peter Svetina addressed the participants of the main national event in the celebration of the International Day of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and the 60th anniversary of the Velenje Intermunicipal Society of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. He stressed that... more

On 29 September 2023, the Parliamentary Committee on Labour, the Family, Social Policy and the Disabled discussed the 28th regular Ombudsman’s Annual Report dealing with its competences. Last year, due to soaring prices, the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman)... more