People of different ethnic and religious backgrounds have always lived among us and it was perfectly okay until these groups started claiming their...

Ombudsman has criticized Slovenes for being narrow-minded and intolerant when it comes to marginal groups such as battered women, drug addicts or...

It became clear in 2003 that human rights cannot be taken for granted in Slovenia, which is a reason why one cannot be happy when scrutinizing human...

Human rights ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia Matjaž Hanžek made a comment on an outcome of the referendum about “erased people” in Slovenia:...

The global Amnesty International (AI) campaign "Stop Violence against Women" has been launched in Slovenia, with symbolic hand-prints and a petition...

1. The Slovene Human Rights Ombudsman

The Slovene Human Rights Ombudsman (hereinafter: the Slovene ombudsman) is an institution based on the...