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…
Standards for Equality bodies presented to Member State representatives
The Equinet network, and in particular its work on standards for equality bodies, was presented to Member State representatives this week, at the European Commission’s High Level Group…
Migrants’ right to information and family reunification
Migrants must be informed about their rights in order to be able to use them and seek protection if they are not respected. In practice, however, this is…
New measures against energy poverty announced
Poverty is an enemy of human rights and states are successful to the extent on how much they look after the most vulnerable, said Ombudswoman Lora Vidović at…
Tena Šimonović Einwalter Elected Equinet Chair
Deputy Ombudswoman, Tena Šimonović Einwalter, was elected Equinet Chair of the Executive Board 2017-2019 on October 11 2017, at the first meeting of this new board, immediately after…
Equinet: 10 years promoting equality in Europe
On the 10th October, Equinet is organizing a conference entitled ‘Together for an Equal Europe’ to mark its 10th anniversary. The conference will bring together high-level speakers and…