Assessment of respect for human rights and legal security
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Purpose:
The Human Rights Ombudsman is obliged by the law to lay general annual reports before the Parliament about his finding of the facts and steps that have been taken. In this reports the Ombudsman makes suggestions and gives recommendations, opinions and critiques to the bodies which are bound to consider them and respond within the deadline specified by the Ombudsman.
In its Annual Reports the Ombudsman also gives the assessment of respect for human rights and legal security in Slovenia and shows as well the specific cases which were brought before him. The target groups are state bodies, local self-government bodies, bodies entrusted with public authority and other organisations or individuals that are dealing with human rights issues.
Area of Governance :
Human Rights
Public Administration
Website of initiative:
Publications:
http://www.varuh-rs.si/index.php?id=54&L=6 Annual Report 2004 Year of publication: 2005
Cost (specify currency):
20 800 EUR
Funding sources:
State Budget
Source of Data:
Own source of data
Type of Data Collection:
Administrative Data
In depth interviews
Secondary sources
Specifications of type of data collection:
Data are collected through in depth interviews, secondary sources such as the media and specific literature, and complaints brought up directly before the Ombudsman.
Measurement Methods / Tools Generated or Used :
The Ombudsman uses quantitative measurement methods: the measurement of cases being handled, and their disaggregation into open cases, cases per region, cases per area of work, closed cases, etc.
List of Indicators:
- Number and percentage of cases being handled
- Number of open cases
- Number of cases per region
- Number of cases per area of work
- Number of cases closed
Main Users:
Civil society
International agencies
Media
Other
Researchers