Ombudsman Sees Situation at Closed Institutions Improving

Ljubljana, 2 August - Presenting the 2011 report on the national preventive mechanism against torture, Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Čebašek Travnik highlighted on Thursday the situation in prisons as the most problematic, but she said improvement had been noticed in the functioning of all other closed institutions.

Ljubljana Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Čebašek Travnik presenting a report on the national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture for 2011. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Čebašek Travnik presenting a report on the national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture for 2011.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Čebašek Travnik (second from the left) presenting a report on the national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture for 2011. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Čebašek Travnik (second from the left) presenting a report on the national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture for 2011.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Čebašek Travnik presenting a report on the national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture for 2011. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Čebašek Travnik presenting a report on the national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture for 2011.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Čebašek Travnik presenting a report on the national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture for 2011. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Čebašek Travnik presenting a report on the national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture for 2011.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

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