As every year, on International Human Rights Day there is much talk about human rights and the care and attention that should be paid to every part of our lives. Unfortunately, those who speak about this subject are the only the ones who are trying their best to improve the situation and prevent violations. It is our own responsibility to learn about our rights and advocate them; otherwise, our disappointment with the state will lull us to sleep. Non-resistance to human rights violations and the fear of acting are the death of the human spirit. Those who are the most responsible for the implementation of human rights, namely the government and parliament, have remained silent. Again they have demonstrated their attitude and concern towards human rights during a debate on the ombudsman's report in parliament. Only a couple of MPs were present at the time. It seems that the state cares little about the not so insignificant problems that the common people - their most loyal tax-payers - encounter in their daily lives. Still, we should not simply point the finger at the state. We should ask ourselves how well we are familiar with our human rights, since one of the most worrisome findings in the ombudsman's report is that people are simply not aware of their rights. We should also ask ourselves how much we are actually sensitive to human, that is our own, rights. Slovenians can be very sensitive and hurt when our rights are involved. However, when our neighbour's or someone else's rights are involved, we simply ignore it. This situation is not good enough that those who have committed themselves to protect human rights keep silent with satisfaction.