National Human Rights Organisations
- Slovak National Centre for Human Rights (Slovak: Slovenské národné stredisko pre ľudské práva) - its aim is to implement and promote a modern human rights protection system in the Slovak Republic. It was established in 1993 under the UN Project (SLO/94/AH/2): Establishment of a National Institute for Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, and under the International Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the United Nations Organization on Establishing the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights (published in the Collection of Laws under No 29/1995 Coll.). In the period 2004 to 2008 the Centre registered more than 1900 complaints objecting discrimination and over 2000 instigations pointing out to the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in various fields. According to the complainants the equal treatment principle has been violated most often in employment relations and similar legal relations as well as in supply of goods and services.
- Slovak Ombudsman (Slovak: Ombudsman, Verejný ochranca práv) - is an independent body aimed at the protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms of natural persons and legal entities within the scope and in a way stated by law in proceedings before public administration bodies and other public authorities provided their acting, decision making or failure to act is in contrary to legal order. Ombudsman is a foreign word rarely used in Slovak language and the Office of the Ombudsman is virtually unknown in the country.
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