“We have the same rights”: ENNHRI’s project leads the way to a Human Rights-based Approach to Long-term Care in Europe
The final conference of ENNHRI’s project on The Human Rights of Older People and Long-term Care took place on 28 November in Brussels. It offered key findings from…
European Commission’s Fundamental Rights Colloquium addressed the women’s rights
European Commission dedicated the Annual colloquium on 20th and 21th November 2017 to the women’s rights in turbulent times, aiming at opening the discussion on best ways for…
International Decade devoted to People of African Descent
UN General Assembly has devoted the period from 2015 until 2024 to the people of African descent, focusing on the need for strengthening national, regional and international…
Call to action: bring children together for diversity
On the 10th anniversary of the landmark judgment of the European Court of Human Rights on the segregation of Roma children in education, equality and human rights organizations…
Breaking the glass ceilnig: career progress for women
The Deputy Ombudsperson and Chair of the European Equality Network (Equinet), Tena Šimonović Einwalter, opened a Tallin Equinet seminar on breaking the ‘glass ceiling’ and gender equality on…
Deputy Ombudswoman held a presentation for the Council of Europe’s Social Questions Working Party
Deputy Ombudswoman and Equinet Chair, Tena Šimonović Einwalter, gave a lecture on intersectionality for the Council of Europe’s Social Questions Working Party on 14 November 2017. The term,…
Global meeting of national human rights institutions
The Bureau of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) met from 1 to 3 November, to review developments and progress made since its last…
Challenges in collecting statistics on discrimination grounds
Second conference of the South East European equality bodies, organised in Zagreb on 30th October 2017 by the Ombudswoman for Gender Equality, Višnja Ljubičić, focused on „Challenges in…
Croatian Parliament Accepts Ombudswoman’s 2016 Annual Report
Croatian parliament has accepted the Ombudswoman’s 2016 Annual report on the state of human rights and discrimination in Croatia, which includes 220 recommendations for elimination of systemic shortcomings…
Study visit of Slovenian NPM
National Preventive Mechanism paid an unannounced visit to the Zadar Prison from 25th until 28th October 2017. The purpose was to assess how human rights of persons deprived…
Ombudswoman Submits Report 2023 Annual Report to the Croatian Parliament
The Importance and Impact of Political Discourse in the Pre-Election Period
International Conference Marks End of the Project on the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law
Parliamentary Committee on Human and National Minority Rights Votes in Favor of the Ombudswoman’s 2022 Annual Report
World Homeless Day – Invisible, but also Forgotten?
Ombudswoman to Issue Special Report on the Human Rights of Older Persons