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Health care
Termination of validity of the referral due to problems in the information system of the health care provider
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The complainant informed the Ombudsman about the termination of validity of the referral the day before the specified examination. The Ombudsman found...

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Varuh človekovih pravic Peter Svetina na srečanju z varuhom športnikovih pravic
Education, sports, culture
Ombudsmen of human and athletes’ rights: “A (r)evolution needed in the realisation of human rights in sport”

The Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina met with the athletes’ ombudsman Dr Rožle Prezelj, who received his second mandate at this position on 1...

Varuh Svetina na posvetu o človekovih pravicah v gospodarstvu
Labor matters
Human Rights Ombudsman and representatives of the state, industry and business, and civil society at a panel discussion call for a more responsible and sustainability-oriented economy

On 23 November 2023, the Human Rights Ombudsman in the role of the national human rights institution, in collaboration with Focus, Association for...

Zaposleni in brezposelni  |  ČP v gospodarstvu  |  Mednarodno sodelovanje
Social Security
Non-responsiveness of the centre for social work to the letters of a complainant in financial distress
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An individual who contacts a centre for social work (CSD) for help due to material or social hardship has a right to expect that the CSD will respond...

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Social Security
A legally recognised right cannot be limited beyond the law
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In the opinion of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman), it is an interference with the provisions of Article 50 of the...

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Labor matters
The Government should also reply to individuals’ letters
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According to the Ombudsman, from the point of view of the principle of good governance, the government is also obliged to ensure adequate...

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Health care
Ombudsman representative at a conference on the autonomy in mental health

On 13 and 14 November 2023, a Consultant at the Center for Human Rights Jerneja Turin, as the president of the Convention on the Rights of Persons...

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Odbor Združenih narodov v Ženevi
The institution of the Ombudsman participates at a meeting of the UN’s Committee Against Torture

In Geneva on 14 November 2023, Deputy Ombudsmen Ivan Šelih and Miha Horvat, in the name of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia,...