Several campaigns are being launched on Friday to mark Human Rights Day. This year's campaigns mainly focus on humanitarian conditions in Sudan and on intolerance. On this occasion, Ombudsman Matjaz Hanzek has called on Slovenia to follow Europe's example regarding its attitude towards intolerance.
According to Hanzek, intolerant statements aimed at various minorities should have no place on the political scene. If they occur nevertheless, the ombudsman hopes for Slovenia to firmly reject them.
The project entitled "Forms of Intolerance in Slovenia", organised by the ombudsman's office, was planned as a response to the increasing intolerance against minorities, whose living conditions are consequently worsening.

The events to be held until the end of the year include an exhibition of intolerance in the independent Slovenia,