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Equal opportunities

In light of the upcoming European Day of Solidarity between Generations which is commemorated on 29 April, the Human Rights Ombudsman, Peter Svetina,...

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Foreigners and asylum seekers

The Ombudsman examined the complaint of a foreigner who required housing in a social welfare institution (retirement home) due to his age and health...

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Health care

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

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Equal opportunities for disabled people and persons with special needs

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

The complainant wrote to the Ombudsman and complained that her mother aged 77 is unable to use the IRIS information system which is being introduced...

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Social services

If decisions on people’s rights are not explained in a way that is comprehensible and thus enables efficient filing of legal remedies, then this is...

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Labor matters

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

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

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

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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