In Strasbourg on approaches to the enforcement of judgments relating to enforced detention and mental health treatment under Article 5 of the ECHR Article 5
On 27 March 2024, Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih attended a conference in Strasbourg, France, entitled Mentally Ill Mind: Convention-Compliant Approaches to the Enforcement of Judgments on Compulsory Detention and Mental Health Treatment. The event was organised in the framework of... more
Deinstitutionalization |
Mental health |
Equal opportunities |
People with disabilities |
Restriction of personal freedom |
Persons with mental health issues |
Social security
Ombudsman congratulates those deserving upon the 70th anniversary of ZUDV Dornava
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
Mental health |
Violence |
Children and youth |
Children’s rights |
Education, sports, culture |
Human Rights Ombudsman |
Children’s advocacy
The Human Rights Ombudsman on care for children’s rights with representatives of non-governmental organisations
On 14 June 2023, Deputy Ombudsman Dr Jože Ruparčič, responsible for children’s rights at the institution of the Human Rights Ombudsman, invited representatives of non-governmental organisations that take care of the realisation of children’s rights for a meeting. In a detailed discussion... more
Deinstitutionalization |
Dementia |
Dignity and personal rights |
Mental health |
Equal opportunities |
Restriction of personal freedom |
Persons with mental health issues |
Social security
The Ombudsman Highlighted the Importance of Deinstitutionalisation during his Visit to the Museum of Madness
The Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina visited the Museum of Madness, which has been operating since 2013 in the Cmurek Castle in Trate in Zgornja Velka. Prior to that period, between 1954 and 2004, one of the units of the Hrastovec Social Care Institution was located there and housed... more
Ombudsman Svetina: "It's high time to address the outstanding issues in mental health!"
"Protecting, strengthening and preventing mental disorders is very important because, as Professor Andrej Marušič once wrote, without mental health there is no health, and without mental health there is no quality of life. Moreover, without quality of life, there is no real... more
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