CORRECTION: Much could be improved in closed institutions, body says

 corrects info on recommendations to Centre for Foreigners

Please note that the number of recommendations by the National Preventive Mechanism which the Centre for Foreigners in Postojna did not accept is lower than reported in the 5th paragraph of the STA copy on 13 June.

Much could be improved in closed institutions, body says

Ljubljana, 15 June - A body conducting oversight over the treatment of people in closed institutions such as elderly homes, educational and psychiatric institutions issued 670 recommendations for improvements last year, of which more than 40% were implemented. The Centre for Foreigners in Postojna did not accept three out of fifteen recommendations.

Ljubljana
Human Rights Ombudsman and the National Preventive Mechanism hold a press conference to discuss the stuation at Slovenia's elderly homes, educational and psychiatric institutions and other closed institutions.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

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Jun 15, 2017, 18:02 mab/pse/zm/ep