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Human Rights Press Point is an information platform for human rights situation in Slovenia established to serve the interests of foreign journalists during the Slovenian EU Presidency 2008. It also provides useful information on human rights situation in the countries of the Western Balkans from the perspective of their EU integration. Human Rights Press Point operates both as an internet portal and as an actual on-site press point in Ljubljana. You are free to use the information we offer either from the web or to visit us on site.
The press point is run by the Peace Institute - Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies, Ljubljana. Its main purpose is to contribute to visibility and understanding of human rights situation in Slovenia, and to a certain extent in the Western Balkans, by providing access to relevant sources - documents and people, primarily to those coming from civil society. In particular, the press point provides information and assistance regarding the following issues:
- Human Rights
- Discrimination
- Media Freedom
- Erased Residents of Slovenia
- Roma
- Migration and Asylum
- Western Balkans.
Relevant information, reports and documents, useful contacts and links on these topics with brief introductory summaries - all in English - are compiled in topical packages for journalists, which are on specific fields available on our web site or like printed materials on site in City Hotel Ljubljana.
We are also available for assistance to journalists interested in human rights issues in Slovenia and in the Western Balkans to identify relevant sources and spots, primarily from civil society organisations and independent experts, citizens' groups and communities, including those whose human rights have been violated. We are ready to assist journalists to arrange interviews and field trips to learn about human rights situation in Slovenia, and provide quality and reliable reports for their media and audiences.
During the Slovenian EU Presidency 2008, we will organize three round table discussions on 1) Human rights situation in Slovenia, 2) Media freedom in Slovenia and 3) EU perspective of the countries of Western Balkans (the exact dates and venues are to be announced). The discussions will be simultaneously translated to English. At the same time, we will follow developments, needs and interests, being ready to organize ad hoc public events, such as press conferences, lectures, interviews etc. to advance discussion and raise attention to human rights issues during the EU Presidency in Slovenia.
Our goal is to use power and influence of various European and world media to achieve sensibility of the public and decision makers within relevant political bodies for improvement of human rights situation in Slovenia, and for EU prospects of the countries of the Western Balkans.
We work closely with other human rights organizations in Slovenia such as Amnesty International Slovenia, Legal Information Centre for NGOs - PIC and Slovene Philanthropy, as well as with Slovene Association of Journalists and Slovenian Union of Journalists. We also cooperate with the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia. In the countries of the Western Balkans we cooperate with offices of the Open Society Institute and with human rights organisations in the region.
Human Rights Press Point project team: Brankica Petković, Media Expert; Neža Kogovšek, Human Rights Expert; Lana Zdravković, Project Coordinator. On site assistance: Sabina Autor, Andrej Pavlišič and Nika Susman. Photography contibuted by Dare Čekeliš, Miha Fras, Matjaž Kačičnik, Borut Krajnc, Matej Leskovšek, Borut Peterlin and Jože Suhadolnik. Design by KITCH.
Human Rights Press Point project is made possible by Open Society Institute.
