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Equal opportunities for disabled people and persons with special needs
The Ombudsman at the Commission for Petitions: “A reassessment of eligibility for personal assistance can interfere with previously acquired rights!”

On 19 January 2023, the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina presented some of the findings connected to the question of reassessment of eligibility...

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Health care
Problems with accessing doctors due to electronic appointments
Summary:

Pobudnica se je pritoževala, da njena mati, stara 77 let, ne zmore uporabljati informacijskega sistema IRIS, ki naj bi se uvajal v Zdravstvenem domu...

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Social services
Decisions on people’s rights must be comprehensible
Summary:

Če odločitve o pravicah posameznikov niso obrazložene na način, da bi jih bilo mogoče razumeti in s tem omogočiti učinkovito vlaganje pravnih...

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Labor matters
National Assembly considers the Ombudsman's reports for 2021 at plenary session

The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia discussed on 27 October 2022 the 27th annual report of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the report on...

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Social benefits, grants and scholarships
Residing abroad and eligibility for a solidarity allowance to eliminate the consequences of energy poverty
Summary:

The Pension and Disability Insurance Institute of Slovenia (ZPIZ) explained to a petitioner, a pensioner with a permanent residence in Slovenia, that...

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Social Security
According to Ombudsman Svetina "There is no better mirror of a state than its attitude towards the most vulnerable."

On the occasion of World Poverty Day, which is today, on 17 October 2022, Ombudsman Peter Svetina stresses that Slovenia is a social and rich country,...

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Labor matters
Ombudsman Svetina presents the reports of the Ombudsman's institution and the NPM for 2021 to the parent working body

Today, on 11 October 2022, in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, the Ombudsman Peter Svetina presented two reports for 2021, the...

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Equal opportunities
Caring for the elderly is caring for everyone's future

On the occasion of the World Day of Older Persons on 1 October, Ombudsman Peter Svetina reiterates that the various bodies and institutions that deal...

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