MIHA LOBNIK, ADVOCATE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY

Miha Lobnik, zagovornik načela enakosti

Miha Lobnik, university graduate in sociology, has held the office of the Advocate of the Principle of Equality since 2016, when he successfully led the process of establishing the new Slovenian institution for protection against discrimination on the basis of the newly adopted Protection against Discrimination Act. In the summer of 2021, the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia granted him a second 5-year mandate.

Member of the Executive Board of Equinet, the European Network of Equality Bodies, since October 2019. 

Program Director of the Legebitra Information Center Association between 2013 and 2016. Project manager of the HIV Response project, which was awarded by the World Health Organisation.

Member of the Management Board at ILGA Europe in Brussels (2005 – 2007), and previously also Assistant Director for Eastern Europe and Cooperation with the Council of Europe (2004 – 2005).