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10 Dec 2013

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Slovenia Times

Crisis No Excuse for Human Rights Abuse [Slovenia]

Slovenia's Human Rights Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer has warned against making the current economic turmoil an excuse for denial of human rights...She says that special attention must be devoted to the most vulnerable groups of population such as children, people with disabilities and the elderly...[The] UN guiding principles for standards that businesses should follow with respect to human rights will be presented at a forum hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS)... The country's biggest trade union group, ZSSS, will stage a special event in front of the parliament building to draw public attention to worker rights. Unemployment has become a business model of extortion for reducing worker rights standards at the global level, ZSSS secretary general Goran Lukič [said]...