This edition of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia is accompanied by photographs taken on 19 June 2020, when during a wave of protests in defence of democracy, a group of citizens decided ...to make a symbolic gesture – to read the Slovenian Constitution in front of the National Assembly building. The response of the authorities confirmed that the democratic rights guaranteed by the Constitution are indeed threatened.
The article evaluates the competences and previous work of the ombudsman in the Slovenian legal system. Effective protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms is one of the key values of a ...mature democratic society. How can a society function effectively if it is not able to protect such fundamental values? The institution of the Ombudsman is satisfactorily regulated in the Slovenian legal system as it has relatively broad competences. The question remains whether
the Slovenian constitutional order and the Ombudsman are able to ensure effective substantive and procedural protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Slovenian authorities are obliged to ensure effective, non-selective, independent, and impartial functioning of the Ombudsman. This obligation arises from both constitutional and international sources and such are ultimately the requirements of human dignity. The Ombudsman thus performs an important
role, but only if he/she operates independently and is not biased. Firstly, the article examines the constitutional position of the Ombudsman and his/her legal powers. Secondly, it highlights and analyses some examples of misunderstanding of the protection of human rights in his previous work. Thirdly, it offers a vision and model of the ideal functioning of the Ombudsman and argues for
the establishment of an impartial and independent national institution for the protection of human rights. In conclusion, the article argues that human rights and fundamental freedoms are generally well protected in the Slovenian constitutional order, but they should be better implemented in practice.
Wage labor, along with business and the state, is one of the main partners in the economic activities of society. But today labor is faced with so many problems resulting from modern social ...development that its partnership status is one of the many new questions that require a response, or at least the reconsideration of the solutions that have worked thus far. That is why, although it falls into the same general area, the consideration of wage labor extends beyond our discussion on partnership.
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