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Commemorating International Migrants Day: “We have to realise a system that will offer refugees reliable protection, and which will ensure respect for the rights of all migrants!”

On the basis of the United Nations Resolution, 18 December has been declared International Migrants Day. This day is dedicated to raising awareness...

Begunci  |  Tujci  |  Mednarodni dnevi
National preventive mechanism (NPM)
Ombudsman Svetina attending the session of the General Assembly of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen

At the invitation extended by the Greek Ombudsman Andreas Pottakis, the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina is currently attending the session of the...

AOM  |  Mednarodno sodelovanje  |  Begunci
Foreigners
In the context of the ENNHRI project, the Ombudsman draws up a National Report on the human rights situation of migrants at the borders

As the National Human Rights Institution in Slovenia (NHRI), which, among other things, carries out supervisory tasks, the Ombudsman produced a report...

Tujci  |  Begunci
Foreigners
Ombudsman Svetina meets with representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Today, 28 May 2021, Mr Peter Svetina received Mr Roland Schilling, Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Central Europe...

Tujci  |  Visoki komisariat ZN za begunce v Srednji Evropi (UNHCR)
Foreigners
The Ombudsman's report on the placement of detainees at the Postojna Aliens Centre

The institution of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (hereinafter: the Ombudsman) has examined the changed regime of placing...

Tujci  |  Center za tujce
Foreigners
Contentious provisions in foreigners act annulled

The Constitutional Court has annulled part of the controversial amendments passed in January 2017 that define a special temporary regime on the...

Tujci
International protection and the principle of non-refoulement
Ombudsman finds police's handling of migrants less than ideal


Following media reports about Slovenian police allegedly turning away foreign citizens who wanted to request asylum, the Human Rights Ombudsman's...