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…
NPM international conference in Tunis
Upon the invitation on behalf of the Tunis National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) the Ombudswoman’s adviser from the Department for persons deprived of liberty and NPM Anica Tomšić Stojkovska…
Rulebook for implementation of Paris Agreement on climate change adopted
After a two-week final negotiations among 196 UN countries and EU, the climate conference COP 24 held in mid-December in Katowice, concluded with the adoption of a rulebook…
