Center for Human Rights performs broader tasks and does not address initiatives:
- promotion,
- information,
- education,
- training,
- preparation of analyzes and reports in individual fields of promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
- organizing consultations on the implementation, promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
- cooperation with civil society, trade unions and government bodies,
- providing general information on the types and forms of complaints to international bodies concerning violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
- participation in international organizations and associations at European and global level working in the field of the exercise, promotion and development of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The statutory provisions regarding the Center for Human Rights (Article 50b of the Act) entered into force on 1 January 2019.
The center is headed by Deputy Ombudsman Miha Horvat.
The assistant head of the Center is Dr. Simona Drenik Bavdek, Doctor of Law, LL.M.
The Center also employs:
- Jerneja Turin, Adviser – analyst at the Center for Human Rights
Field of work: Consultation and analitical work at the Center for Human Rights - Miha Nabergoj, Adviser – analyst at the Center for Human Rights
Field of work: Consultation and analitical work at the Center for Human Rights - Rozi Žalig, Bachelor of Arts in South Slavic Studies and Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, Master of International and Diplomatic Studies
Field of work: Consultation and analitical work at the Center for Human Rights
- Natalija Ferlež, Master of Diplomacy
Field of work: associate for the organization of events and projects at the Center for Human Rights
Contact details for accessing the centre: center(at)varuh-rs.si
