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Children's rights
How to grade pupils involved in distance learning due to their parents’ disagreement with self-testing
Summary:

As the Government of the Republic of Slovenia gave parents the option relating to the self-testing of children in schools as per the Ordinance on the...

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Otroci in mladina  |  Covid-19
Social Security
Treatment of people who have recovered from COVID-19
Summary:

A complainant informed us of issues pertaining to recovery from COVID-19. She believes that the introduced measures violate her freedom of movement...

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Covid-19
Social Security
Users cannot lose personal assistance due to an unfulfilled RVT condition
Summary:

If the personal assistance user is waived assistance only because they do not fulfil the RVT condition, this presents an intervention in the rights of...

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Covid-19  |  Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami
Equal opportunities for disabled people and persons with special needs
Ombudsman meets with directors of RTV, STA and UKOM on the accessibility of information for vulnerable groups

The Ombudsman Peter Svetina met this week with the Director General of Radiotelevision Slovenia (RTV) Igor Kadunc, Director of the Slovenian Press...

Covid-19  |  Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami  |  Mediji
Equal opportunities for disabled people and persons with special needs
The Slovenian NHRI's work on the rights of persons with disabilities from July to September 2020

The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (hereinafter referred to as the Ombudsman) looked into various initiatives concerning people...

Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami  |  Covid-19
Gathering, association, right to vote
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...

Covid-19  |  Protesti
Gathering, association, right to vote
Ombudsman says failure to wear mask in enclosed spaces cannot be penalised
Summary:

Ker je z vladnim odlokom predpisano obvezno nošenje mask v zaprtih javnih prostorih nepopolna pravna norma, za kršitev katere ni predpisana sankcija,...

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Covid-19
The Human Rights Ombudsman
In just over a month, the Ombudsman has addressed more than 300 issues related to COVID-19

The Human Rights Ombudsman has been closely monitoring the coronavirus disease situation in Slovenian and abroad as well as the measures adopted by...

Covid-19