Interactive Version of the 2021 Annual Report
The interactive version of the Ombudswoman’s 2021 Annual Report is now available and can be accessed here (Croatian language version only). Its aim is to make the report’s…
World Environment Day: We Must Protect Valuable Karst Underground Containing 70% of Croatian Drinking Water Reserves
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), following the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm…
Ombudswoman Presents Institution’s Best Practices in Combatting Discrimination at International Conference within the Framework of the French Presidency of the EU
Ombudswoman Tena Šimonović Einwalter presented our institution’s best practices in the systemic suppression of discrimination at the conference organized on 2 June 2022 by the European Network of…
Ombudswoman Meets with Journalism Students from Germany
Ombudswoman Tena Šimonović Einwalter and her advisors met on 1 June 2022 with the Dortmund Technical University’s Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism students and the Institute’s Director…
New Legislation in Whistleblower Protection: Clear Information is a Prerequisite for Protection
As of 2019, the Ombudswoman performs the mandate of the dedicated external reporting channel for whistle-blower protection The Act for the Protection of Persons Reporting Irregularities was first…
War in Ukraine: Activities Aimed at Human Rights Protection of the Persons Fleeing to Croatia
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, we have been actively promoting and protecting human rights and freedoms of those fleeing the war. This included calling for…
Ombudswoman’s Lecture Opens ELSA’s “Human Rights School”
Ombudswoman Tena Šimonović Einwalter’s lecture on the topic of discrimination and hate crimes from the perspective of the Croatian ombudsman institution opened this year’s ELSA (European Law Students’…
Ombudswoman Šimonović Einwalter Meets With Hungarian Commissioner for Human Rights
At the initiative of her Hungarian colleague, Ombudswoman Tena Šimonović Einwalter met on 24 May 2022 in Nagykanizsa, Hungary, with Hungarian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Akős Kozma….
From Starting a Case to Changing the Law: Public Notaries Will Soon Be More Accessible to Citizens Living in Small Towns and on Islands
On 13 May 2022 the Croatian Parliament adopted the amendments to the Public Notaries Act. One of the changes it introduces resulted from our work and will positively…
The New Act for the Protection of Persons Reporting Irregularities (“Whistleblowers”) – Key Information for Reporting Persons and Confidential Persons
The new Croatian Act for the Protection of Persons Reporting Irregularities came into force on 23 April 2022. In order for the new legislation to provide the highest…