{"id":54,"date":"2012-10-23T14:19:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T14:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/odz.sk\/en\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2012-11-16T00:06:30","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T00:06:30","slug":"public-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/odz.sk\/en\/public-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBLIC ADVOCACY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We strive to promote the <strong>fundamental human rights<\/strong>, the <strong>principle <\/strong>of equality and <strong>non-discrimination<\/strong> in practice, to contribute to <strong>transparent decision-making<\/strong> and <strong>enforcement of rights<\/strong> in these areas, and to encourage <strong>public involvement<\/strong> in the decision-making processes.<strong> <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also, we endeavour to raise public legal awareness, develop people\u2019s abilities to solve simple legal problems without the need for legal assistance from professionals, and to participate in decision-making on public affairs. We help people to actively and independently exercise their rights on equal terms with public authorities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Concrete examples of defending citizens\u2019 and public interests: <em><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Public disclosure of the privatisation agreement of the Slovak Telecommunications company<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/odz.sk\/?p=1669\">OaD: State Must Disclose Information without Excuses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/odz.sk\/?p=1671\">Court: Decision on Non-disclosure of the Slovak Telecommunications Sale Agreement is Unlawful<\/a> <strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Amendments to the Terms of Transport of the Slovak Lines bus operator<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/odz.sk\/?p=1673\">Slovak Lines to Make Travels for People with Disabilities Easier<\/a> <strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Right of the public to participate in decision-making procedures (petition to the European Commission)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/odz.sk\/?p=1676\">State in conflict with EU Regulations on Public Participation in Decision-making on Environmental Issues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/odz.sk\/?p=1680\">Slovakia a Warning Example of Violation of Public Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/odz.sk\/?p=1683\">European Commission Takes Action against Slovakia for Violation of Public Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We strive to promote the fundamental human rights, the principle of equality and non-discrimination in practice, to contribute to transparent decision-making and enforcement of rights in these areas, and to encourage public involvement in the decision-making processes. \u00a0 Also, we endeavour to raise public legal awareness, develop people\u2019s abilities to solve simple legal problems without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/odz.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/odz.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/odz.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/odz.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/odz.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/odz.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"http:\/\/odz.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/odz.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}