The fifth Ombudsman, Peter Svetina, is completing his mandate

02/20/2025 | The Human Rights Ombudsman

It is not possible to infer a disputed purpose of marriage from the registrar's past experience

02/12/2025 | Prohibition of discrimination

The benefit of the child must take precedence over the measurement of literacy skills by various authorities

02/12/2025 | Children's rights

The Deputy Ombudsman again pointed out in the National Assembly once the shortcomings in deciding on the right to personal assistance

02/12/2025 | Equal opportunities

NPMs in Strasbourg on their reiteration of the problem of prison overcrowding

02/10/2025 | National preventive mechanism (NPM)

The purpose of transportation to school is to enable the child to attend classes

02/07/2025 | Children's rights

National Preventive Mechanism

Child Advocacy

Human Rights Council

Center for HR

Addressed iniciatives and wider issues

02/12/2025

It is not possible to infer a disputed purpose of marriage from the registrar's past experience

Summary:

The Ombudsman dealt with an allegation of discrimination in one of the administrative units, to which the affected persons, a Slovenian citizen and a Nigerian citizen, turned to for information about entering into marriage. On this occasion, the registrar explained to them that in case of registration of the marriage, she would introduce a special assessment procedure according to Paragraph 4 of Article 30 of the DZ, which she justified by the...

02/12/2025

The benefit of the child must take precedence over the measurement of literacy skills by various authorities

Summary:

According to the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia, the fact that different interpretations of the legal bases between the authorities in the Republic of Slovenia hinder or prevent the quick and efficient recovery of child support from abroad constitutes an infringement of the child's right from Article 3 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Ministry of Justice agreed with the Ombudsman's position and the problem was...

Poziv za kandidate za zagovornike otrok

Varuh človekovih pravic RS v marcu, aprilu in maju 2025 načrtuje novo usposabljanje kandidatov za zagovornike otrok z območja celotne Slovenije. Prednost pri izbiri imajo kandidati z območij: SV dela Slovenije, Goriške, Notranjske, Krasa in Južne Primorske, območja Celja, Koroške in Zasavja ter Dolenjske, Posavja in Bele Krajine. Več s klikom na naslov.

Strengthening Ombudsman Institutions and Addressing Emerging Human Rights Challenges

Rikli Balance Hotel, Bled, Slovenia, 5 and 6 December 2024

The high-level conference aims to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia by bringing together heads of institutions and other international and national experts, practitioners, and policy-makers to discuss the effectiveness of Ombudsman institutions (OIs) and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in addressing contemporary human rights challenges.

Recording of the first day of the conference

More details and programme

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