Slovenia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 23, 1991, amended several times, last on July 25, 2000
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral Parliament, National Assembly (Drzavni Zbor) and National Council (Drzavni Svet)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the Judicial Council); Constitutional Court (judges elected for nine years by the National Assembly and appointed by the President)
RELIGIONS
57.8% Catholics, 2.4% Muslims, 2.3% Orthodox, other minorities
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2003SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1989
Slovenia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1989
- JANUARY 1, 2003SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia abolished the death penalty while it was still...
Slovenia abolished the death penalty while it was still a member of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- AUGUST 8, 2002SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia supports the EU's efforts for the abolition...
Slovenia supports the EU's efforts for the abolition of death penalty and a global moratorium on death penalty, and has therefore urged Texas Governor Rick Perry to prevent the execution of Mexican national Javier Suarez Medina, who is to be killed by let
- MAY 3, 2002SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Slovenia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2002SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (1991) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (1991) at Art
- APRIL 25, 2001SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Slovenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (1991) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (1991) at Art
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
In his address to the committee of ministers of the...
In his address to the committee of ministers of the Council of Europe, State Secretary to the Slovene Foreign Ministry Zorko Pelikan expressed Slovenia's full support for the declaration of a "European Death Penalty-Free Area
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Koper District Court rejected Turkey's request...
The Koper District Court rejected Turkey's request for the extradition of Naci Muzaffer Oeztuerk, a 42-year old Swiss citizen of Turkish origin who had been jailed in Koper since July 17, 2000
- APRIL 26, 2000SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Slovenia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26
- APRIL 17, 2000SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Society for Tibetan Support in Slovenia, in co-operation...
The Society for Tibetan Support in Slovenia, in co-operation with Amnesty International, began an international action entitled 'Moratorium 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2000SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (1991) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (1991) at Art