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Slovakia Cooperation and membership of the Commissioner for Children and Public Defender of Rights in theEuropean Network of Ombudspersons for Children
  • Statutory bodies: Commissioner for Children and Public Defender of Rights
  • Network of statutory bodies
The Commissioner for Children and the Public Defender of Rights are members of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC). ENOC is a platform that plays a crucial role in international cooperation and collaboration between national human rights institutions and international bodies. It brings together 43 independent institutions for the protection of children’s rights from 33 countries, Slovakia being one of them.
Every year, ENOC members meet for an annual conference, participating in forums and working groups.
ENOC’s main objective is to promote the fundamental rights of children. It creates networks between different institutions / office holders, such as children’s ombudspersons or commissioners for children. It therefore serves to share experiences and expertise regarding the protection of children’s rights among a professional group of people. In this way, it tries to support the establishment of institutions dedicated to the protection of children’s rights. At the same time, it provides an overview of activities aimed at improving the protection of children’s rights in various countries around the world.
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Slovakia Cooperation of national human rights institutions within the national preventive mechanism
  • Statutory bodies: the Commissioner for Children, the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities and the Public Defender of Rights
In 2023, the national preventive mechanism was put into practice by an amendment to the Law on the Public Defender of Rights adopted by the National Council of the Slovak Republic on15 March 2023. Subsequently, on3 May 2023,the National Council of the Slovak Republic declared its consent to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The ratification of this protocol and the legislative change introducing a national preventive mechanism were preceded by a long-standing debate on the institutional form this mechanism should take.
The national preventive mechanism is divided among three human rights institutions: the Commissioner for Children, the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities and the Public Defender of Rights, who also has the role of coordinator of all three institutions in the implementation of the tasks within the national preventive mechanism.
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Slovakia Structured cooperation of the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights with civil-society actors through memoranda
  • Statutory bodies: SK NHRI
Based on memoranda of cooperation with national human rights institutions, the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights actively creates partnerships with diverse human rights non-governmental organisations.
  • In 2023, during the transgender culture festival The World According to Gabriel, it signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Association of Parents and Friends of LGBT+ People.
  • In 2022, it signed a memorandum of cooperation with the platform Roma Spirit. Roma Spirit supports intercultural dialogue and, through award ceremonies, increases the visibility of the real stories, activities and projects aiming to promote the social inclusion of Roma people.
  • The memorandum of cooperation was also signed with the organisation InTYMYta (formerly the Planned Parenthood Society) in 2022. InTYMYta is an organisation focusing on relationship and sex education. It aims to ensure that people of all ages have the chance to make informed choices about their relationships and sexuality and prevent sexual violence and harassment, including cyberviolence.

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