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Varuh človekovih pravic Peter Svetina
Human rights ombudsman's council
30 years after the adoption of the Human Rights Ombudsman Act it is time for the act to be updated according to international standards

Thirty years ago today, soon after the independence and creation of the Republic of Slovenia, the National Assembly adopted the Human Rights Ombudsman...

Moški v modri uradni obleki s pisalom v roki
Justice
More needs to be done to ensure legal certainty and access to adequate legal aid for the population

Today, 19 December 2023, is the 13th Pro Bono Legal Aid Day organised by the Bar Association of Slovenia (OZS). This year, the OZS's honorary patron...

The Human Rights Ombudsman
Ombudsman welcomes the Light of Peace from Bethlehem

On 15 December 2023, Slovenian Scouts once again brought the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina the Light of Peace from Bethlehem. This year’s...

Psychiatric patients
Ombudsman at the Mental Health Days conference on the role of the courts in intervention into the rights of people with mental health disorders

On 14 December 2023, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina in his introductory speech at Hotel Slon in Ljubljana, at this year’s Mental Health Days...

Osebe s težavami v duševnem zdravju
The Human Rights Ombudsman
Ombudsman on the situation in the field of human rights in Slovenia

At the roundtable upon the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the celebration of Human Rights Day at the...