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Ombudsman Svetina Presented Findings from the Ombudsman's Special Report on the Accessibility of Centres for Social Work for Persons with Disabilities to the Working Body Responsible

Equal opportunities for disabled people and persons with special needs

02/02/2023

The Human Rights Ombudsman presented the findings from the Ombudsman's Special Report on the Accessibility of Centres for Social Work for Persons with...

An Overview of the Ombudsman’s Activities in the Field of Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities / October–December 2022

Human rights Center

02/02/2023

Between October and December 2022, the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (the Ombudsman) discussed various complaints from people who...

Ombudsman Svetina presents findings of the Human Rights Ombudsman from the Special Report about the accessibility of centres for social work for people with disabilities at the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia

Human rights Center

01/26/2023

The National Council of the Republic of Slovenia today, 26 January 2023, discussed the Special Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman about the...

The Ombudsman Visits the Acting Director of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Health care

01/20/2023

The Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina visited the acting director of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana (UKC), Assist Prof Dr Marko Jug, on 20...

The Ombudsman at the Commission for Petitions: “A reassessment of eligibility for personal assistance can interfere with previously acquired rights!”

Equal opportunities for disabled people and persons with special needs

01/19/2023

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

The Scope of the Previously Recognised Right to Personal Assistance Can Only be Replaced by Another Form of Comparable Service

Social Security

01/11/2023

The Ombudsman believes that it is possible to reduce the scope of the previously recognised right to personal assistance if the individual is provided...

Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (MDDSZ) Accepted the Ombudsman’s Position on the Limitation as an Essential Criterion for Determining the Minimum Income Security of Persons with Disabilities

Social benefits, grants and scholarships

12/28/2022

The Ombudsman was interested in why persons with the status of a person with disabilities according to the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of...

End of year discussion with NGO representatives concerning care for children’s rights

Children's rights

12/14/2022

Nearing the end of the calendar year, on 14 December 2022, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina and his deputy, who is responsible for children’s...

Ombudsman Peter Svetina stresses the importance of the accessibility of public institutions for persons with disabilities at the consultation session of the Multiple Sclerosis Association

Equal opportunities for disabled people and persons with special needs

12/13/2022

The Ombudsman Peter Svetina attended the 3rd Consultation sessions of the trustees of the Multiple Sclerosis Association of Slovenia in Dolenjske...

Monitoring the rights of persons with disabilities: Insights from Slovenia’s NPM

National preventive mechanism (NPM)

12/05/2022

While everyone in detention is vulnerable to abuse and ill-treatment, persons with disabilities can face additional risks. To mark the International...

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