Informal meeting of NHRI Chairs from Germany, Finland, Netherlands and Croatia
A two-day meeting of the NHRIs’ Chairs from Germany, Finland, Netherlands and Croatia took place on 5-7 April 2019 in Berlin on the invitation of the German Institute…
CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović visited Ombudswoman’s Office
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Dunja Mijatović visited the Ombudswoman’s Office on 11 April 2019 where she met with the Ombudswoman Lora Vidović and…
Ombudswoman met with FRA Director Michel O’Flaherty
Ombudswoman Lora Vidović met on 3 April 2019 with the FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty and discussed the potential areas of cooperation during the Croatian Presidency of the Council…
ENNHRI and GANHRI Annual meetings in Geneva
General meeting of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) was held on 4 March 2019 in Geneva under the chairmanship of Lora Vidović, Croatian Ombudswoman…
Deputy Ombudswoman at 2019 EU Work Forum on the rights of persons with disabilities
In the light of the European elections, the European parliament organised on 13th May the 2019 EU Work Forum on the implementation of the UN Convention on the…
EQUINET Recommendation on combatting discrimination and hate speech in election campaigns
Before the EU parliament elections EQUINET published on 30 March 2019 the Recommendation on combatting discrimination and hate speech in election campaigns For this and every future elections….
Ombudsman got Whistle blower’s mandate
By entering into force on the 1st July 2019 of the Whistle blowers Act the ombudsman’s institution shall get another mandate, those of a body for the whistle…
Deputy Ombudswoman at 2019 EU Work Forum on the rights of persons with disabilities
In the light of the European elections, the European parliament organised on 13th May the 2019 EU Work Forum on the implementation of the UN Convention on the…
NHRIs and equality bodies without support to their independence cannot be successful
Ombudswoman and ENNHRI Chair Lora Vidović together with her Deputy and EQUINE Executive Board Chair Tena Šimonović Einwalter met with the EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers Protection and…
20 years of CoE Commissioner for Human Rights: Economic and social rights as basis for strengthening equality
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, the incumbent Commissioner Dunja Mijatović organised on 22 January 2019…