2.11 PENSION AND DISABILITY INSURANCE
2.11.1
General observations
123
123
2.11.2 Pension insurance
123
2.11.3 Disability insurance
125
2.12 HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH INSURANCE
127
2.12.1 General observations
127
2.12.2 Health Services Act
128
2.12.3 Ljubljana University Medical Centre ignores the Ombudsman’s queries
128
2.12.4 Patient Rights Act
129
2.12.5 Euthanasia as a human right
130
2.12.6 Health Care and Health Insurance Act
131
2.13 SOCIAL MATTERS
135
2.13.1 Unacceptable delay when preparing expert groundwork for the Act on Social Inclusion 136
2.13.2 Payment of social transfers
136
2.13.3 Contentious provisions of the Exercise of Rights from Public Funds Act
137
2.13.4 Poor records and incorrect clarifications of the Ministry
138
2.13.5 Ineligible use of social benefits is sanctioned inappropriately
139
2.13.6 Preventing contacts between relatives is a form of violence against the elderly
140
2.13.7 Institutional care
141
2.14 UNEMPLOYMENT
143
2.14.1 General observations
143
2.14.2 Training and employment of the unemployed
144
2.14.3 Treatment of the unemployed
144
2.15 CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
147
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE OMBUDSMAN’S WORK
167
3.1
STARTING POINTS FOR THE OMBUDSMAN’S WORK
167
3.1.1
History of the institution’s work
167
3.1.2
The Ombudsman as a constitutional category
167
3.1.3
Election and position of the Ombudsman and her Deputies
168
3.1.4
Legal bases for the Ombudsman’s work
169
3.1.5
The Ombudsman’s work is also determined by other acts
170
3.1.6 Operation of the Ombudsman as
the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM)
170
3.1.7
171
Advocate – A Child’s Voice Project
3.2 THE METHODS OF THE OMBUDSMAN’S WORK
171
3.2.1
Accessibility of the institution
171
3.2.2
Meetings outside the head office
172
3.2.3
Discussion of complaints
173
3.2.4
Communication with state and local authorities
175
3.2.5
Communication with non-governmental organisations and civil society
182
3.3 MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC
185
3.4 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
198
3.5 SERVICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN
205
3.6 STATISTICS
207
3.7 FINANCES
217
4 COMPILATION OF THE OMBUDSMAN’S
RECOMMENDATIONS IN 2015
220
227
2.15.1 General observations
147
2.15.2 Advocate – A Child’s Voice Project
148
2.15.3 Family relationships
149
2.15.4 Position of children in court proceedings
151
5 IMPLEMENTATION OF DUTIES AND POWERS
OF THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM
2.15.5 Rights of children in kindergartens and schools
154
5.1 General
227
2.15.6 Compensation for the transfer of a child to another sports club
159
5.2
Act ratifying the Optional Protocol
227
2.15.7 Scholarships
160
5.3
Activities of the NPM
228
2.15.8 Children with special needs
160
5.4
Brief statistics on NPM visits in 2015
229
2.15.9 Right to participation
162
5.5
Realisation of NPM recommendations
232
2.15.10 Children in the media
163
5.6
International and other activities of the NPM
234
2.16 OTHER
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165
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5.7 Conclusion
234
5.8
Review of NPM visits in 2015
235
5.9
Review of other NPM activities in 2015
244
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