International Day of Older Persons: How Do the Elderly Live in Croatia?
Around the world 1 October is marked as the International Day of Older Persons. On that occasion, let us take a look at the situation of older persons…
Ombudswoman’s Recommendation Implemented, Visits to Dying Residents of Homes for the Elderly Allowed
Clearly, various limitations to rights and freedoms are needed in order to protect the citizens’ health in the pandemic; however, they should be imposed only to the extent…
Human rights have no expiration date; they need to be better protected in elderly homes
Lack of staff in homes for older persons in long-term care as well as their lack of knowledge on human rights are the main causes of violation of…
Elderly protection in focus of International conference in Seoul
Human rights of older persons were the central theme in numerous discussions among institutions for human rights from Europe and Asia, representatives from United Nations and NGOs, held…
Stronger protection of elderly against domestic violence
Older persons should be soon granted stronger protection against domestic violence. Namely, they will be explicitly recognized as in need of particular protection within the Act on Protection…
There has been no significant progress in the state of human rights, with the highest number of complaints related to healthcare issues
The Ombudswoman Tena Šimonović Einwalter presented the 2022 Report of the Ombudswoman on Tuesday, describing it as an early warning of “cracks” in the network for protecting citizens’…
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
On 26 June the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is observed globally, marking the day of the coming into force 35 years ago of the…
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
According to UN’s estimates, 1 in 6 people over 60 years of age experienced some form of abuse during the past year. National data, on the other hand,…
At Human Rights Council’s 49th Session Ombudswoman Šimonović Einwalter Calls for a Convention on Rights of Older Persons
Addressing the Council on behalf of more than 40 European national human rights institutions, in her message to the delegates the Ombudswoman called for the more decisive steps…
Providing Rights to Refugees from Ukraine
An immediate setting up of a reception and assistance mechanism is the first step in providing help to the refugees fleeing Ukraine. The second is the provision of…
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