Human rights and fundamental freedoms are universal standards that individuals exercise in relation to public administration within administrative procedures. The boundaries and criteria for decision-making by officials are defined not only by constitutionally guaranteed rights but also by the fundamental principles and procedural provisions of the General Administrative Procedure Act (GAPA) and specific sectoral legislation. Although the Constitution defines Slovenia as a state governed by the rule of law and a social state, violations still occur in practice due to administrative silence, procedural delays, or insufficient reasoning of decisions. To protect their interests, individuals have various legal remedies at their disposal, among which the possibility of filing a petition with the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia plays a significant role in extrajudicial oversight. The purpose of this diploma thesis is to analyze human rights violations in administrative matters based on the reports of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia for the period 2022–2024. The research focuses on the frequency of violations in the fields of social and health care and the implementation of the Ombudsman's recommendations. The analysis showed that the highest number of substantiated violations was found in the field of social affairs (174 cases in total), while the share of substantiated petitions in the field of healthcare steadily increased during the observed period. The results of the work confirm systemic deficiencies in protecting the rights of the most vulnerable groups and emphasize the importance of high-quality reasoning of administrative acts for effective legal protection.
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