BackThe Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia is happy to announce that the Annual Report for 2020 and the Report on Implementation of the Tasks of the National Preventive Mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment for 2020, are now available also in English language.
Last year has been strongly marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Ombudsman received a third more initiatives than in previous years. Violations of human rights or fundamental freedoms were detected in about 500 cases. The Ombudsman was in regular contact with the responsible institutions from various branches of power, recalling the importance of respecting international and constitutional human rights standards. He assessed as positive the fact that the Government responded to the great majority of the Ombudsman's initiatives, opinions and proposals, while the response of individual ministries to proposals was unfortunately still insufficient.
Source: Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia
