Human rights and fundamental freedoms are internationally agreed values and norms that every individual acquires at birth. You can exercise certain rights in administrative proceedings against the authorities or public administrations. The criteria and framework for decision-making in the administrative procedure are determined by human rights and fundamental freedoms, fundamental principles and other provisions of the General Administrative Procedure Act (GAPA) and sectoral laws.
Despite the fact that the Republic of Slovenia is legal, social and democratic state, human rights violations in administrative procedures occur in the practice of public administration. Individuals have the rights to seek legal remedies, including the right to file a petition with the Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia.
The thesis focuses on human rights and their violations in administrative proceedings in the social, environmental, spatial and administrative fields according to the annual reports of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia in the period 2018–2020. This work presents the development of human rights protection and the ombudsman in the international and Slovenian context, and continues with a description of the administrative procedure and an analysis of human rights violations in administrative proceedings.
The aim of the thesis is to analyse individual human rights violations in selected areas and to compare the improvement and success of the Ombudsman's recommendations between the years. The methods I used in my thesis are the analysis method, the general statistical analysis and the comparative method. Based on my analysis, I have found that the Ombudsman is dealing with more and more cases every year. Administrative proceedings are mainly in breach of the constitutional rights to equal protection of rights and justice, the fundamental principles of the GAPA, the principle of good administration and the principle of fairness. The proportion of substantiated cases is increasing from year to year in most areas, mainly due to the absence, changes or shortcomings in the legal framework and failure to comply with the Ombudsman's recommendations. The content of the thesis can contribute to informing the profession and the public about breaches in administrative procedures and the reasons for their existence, as well as providing a basis for further research in the field.
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