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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
Labor matters |
Equal opportunities |
Employed and unemployed |
Gathering, association, electoral rights
Ombudsman submits annual report for 2021 to public administration minister
Peter Svetina, the human rights ombudsman, has held a get-to-know-you meeting with Sanja Ajanović Hovnik, the minister of public administration, at which he delivered his annual report for 2021.
He noted that in 2021 it was again the principle of good governance that was breached most... more
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Children’s rights |
Foreigners |
Human Rights Ombudsman |
Ombudsman’s corner |
Gathering, association, electoral rights
First Ombudsman's Corner in Slovenia opened in the Urban Municipality of Kranj
On 6 April 2022, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina, inaugurated the Ombudsman's Corner in the lobby of the Town Hall of the Urban Municipality of Kranj in the company of Mayor Matjaž Rakovec. The Urban Municipality of Kranj thus became the first Slovenian municipality with the... more
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Persons with mental health issues |
Social security |
Housing matters |
Foreigners |
Gathering, association, electoral rights
Homelessness is not a choice, systemic solutions are necessary!
On Tuesday, 16 February 2021, the Ombudsman Peter Svetina received representatives of all organisations providing care to the homeless. The meeting was attended by 11 representatives of non-governmental organisations and social work centres."Such meetings are important, since this is... more
Determining the identity of persons during protests on 19th June 2020 in Ljubljana
The Ombudsman considers that circumstances such as (merely) moving in the direction of a protest rally, (merely) staying at the protest rally site immediately before or during the protest rally are not such as to satisfy the reason for suspicion and thus the existence of conditions for... more
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