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Slovak National Centre for Human Rights

Slovakia · Bratisława · National · See the Slovakia profile

The Slovak National Centre for Human Rights (Centre) as an independent legal entity is a specialised national institution that promotes the observance of the principle of equal treatment and develops activities to combat discrimination. Some surveys and reports on gender equali

Slovak National Centre for Human Rights

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Gaudete Foundation — website
Power domain
Social Power
Methods / tools
Gender Training, Competence development, Awareness-raising, Networking
Region (NUTS)
SK01
Keywords
gender equality, women, human rights, equal treatment

Context

The Slovak National Centre for Human Rights (the Centre) is an independent legal entity and Slovakia's designated national equality body, mandated to promote equal treatment and combat discrimination; gender-equality research and reporting is also carried out by the Institute for Labour and Family Research, the Slovak Academy of Sciences and feminist NGOs.

Objectives

As Slovakia's designated equality body, the Centre aims to ensure observance of the equal-treatment principle, generate reliable human-rights and gender-equality data, and raise awareness and leadership capacity through education and information campaigns.

Activities

The Centre monitors and evaluates observance of human rights and the equal-treatment principle, conducts research and surveys to provide human-rights data, gathers and distributes related information, and prepares educational activities and information campaigns aimed at increasing equal leadership. In 2023, the Institute for Labour and Family Research's most notable publications covered flexible forms of work and health and safety, and childcare from a gender-equality perspective.

Conclusions

The source material describes the Centre's statutory mandate and activities, and notes contributions from partner research bodies, but the source material itself states that no formal outcome evaluation has been identified for these activities.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k) — No budget figures given; estimated medium, consistent with a national statutory institution's ongoing monitoring, research and education mandate.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — Monitoring, research and educational activities are described as an ongoing statutory function rather than a time-limited project, indicating a long timeline for measurable equal-treatment outcomes.
Staffing & skills
Slovak National Centre for Human Rights as designated national equality body, Institute for Labour and Family Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Feminist NGOs contributing research

Conditions for success

  • Independent legal-entity status of the Centre
  • Statutory mandate to monitor and evaluate the equal-treatment principle
  • Collaboration across research institutes and civil-society organisations to produce gender-equality data

Where it fits

Governance type
national statutory equality body
Scale
national
Income level
high-income

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes CERV — Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values

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