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National Assembly considers the Ombudsman's reports for 2021 at plenary session
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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Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami  |  LGBTQ+  |  Osebe s težavami v duševnem zdravju  |  Manjšine in etnične skupine  |  Starejši  |  Otroci in mladina  |  Zaposleni in brezposelni  |  Ženske  |  Tujci
Residing abroad and eligibility for a solidarity allowance to eliminate the consequences of energy poverty
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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Starejši
According to Ombudsman Svetina "There is no better mirror of a state than its attitude towards the most vulnerable."
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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Brezdomci  |  Begunci  |  Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami  |  Osebe s težavami v duševnem zdravju  |  Starejši  |  Tujci  |  Zaposleni in brezposelni
Ombudsman Svetina presents the reports of the Ombudsman's institution and the NPM for 2021 to the parent working body
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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Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami  |  LGBTQ+  |  Starejši  |  Otroci in mladina
Caring for the elderly is caring for everyone's future
Equal opportunities

On the occasion of the World Day of Older Persons on 1 October, Ombudsman Peter Svetina reiterates that the various bodies and institutions that deal...

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Starejši
Ombudsman Svetina presents the 2021 reports of the Ombudsman's institution and the NPM for 2021 to the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia
Human rights Center

The National Council of the Republic of Slovenia discussed on 21 September 2022 the <link...

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Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami  |  Osebe s težavami v duševnem zdravju  |  Otroci in mladina  |  Starejši  |  Letna poročila Varuha
Presentation of the Ombudsman's report for 2021 to interested committees in the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia
Labor matters

On 14 September 2022, the Ombudsman Peter Svetina attended a joint session of the competent Commission for State Regulation and the interested...

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Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami  |  Manjšine in etnične skupine  |  Otroci in mladina  |  Tujci  |  Starejši
Ombudsman Svetina’s statement at the 70th anniversary of the Impoljica Retirement Home: "Reforms of the system, in which the needs of the individual are properly supported, are essential!"
Institutional care

On 13 September, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Impoljca Retirement Home in Sevnica, Ombudsman Peter Svetina congratulated the...

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Starejši
Ombudsman Svetina at the 5th Pension and Disability Insurance Conference on the Deliberative Principle in Democracy
Pension insurance

In his opening lecture at the 5th Pension and Disability Insurance Conference in Portorož on 12 September, Ombudsman Peter Svetina focused on the...

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Starejši  |  Osebe s težavami v duševnem zdravju  |  Invalidi in osebe s posebnimi potrebami  |  Gluhi in naglušni  |  Konference
The Ombudsman on the issue related to elderly people's access to digital vouchers
Equal opportunities

Recently, the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman) has increasingly been consulted by elderly people, aged 55 or older, who...

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Starejši