The Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Act are apparently no longer in force in Slovenia. Especially when it comes to migrants. A Somali man charged with rape, robbery, causing minor bodily harm and damaging foreign property will not go to prison. The prosecution is not proposing a prison sentence for him, but a precautionary …
On Saturday, the 9th of December, the newspaper Dnevnik’s supplement Objektiv published an interview with the President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia, Miodrag Đorđević. But rather than the interview itself, it was the object on the President’s desk that attracted the most attention. In the opinion of many, it does not …
What Message Is The President Of The Supreme Court Conveying With A Gun On His Desk? Read More »
“The judge who violated my human rights supposedly bought himself a 500 m² villa! After about 18 years of work! I bought a 40-year-old tractor with my parliamentary salary! He lives in “freedom” while the rest of us are fighting for freedom!” Former mayor of Maribor and MP Franc Kangler recently pointed out, who believes …
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With 61 votes in favour and 25 against, MPs recently adopted a decision to initiate the procedure for amending the Constitution, which transfers the power to appoint judges from the National Assembly to the President of the Republic and changes the composition of the Judicial Council. We spoke to former Constitutional Court Judge and current …
Supreme Court Judge Zobec Predicts An Even More Non-Transparent And Closed Judiciary Read More »
“Whichever system we touched on, we would find that our country is in a political freefall. If I used to criticise the fact that the dominant political groups want to maintain the status quo, I now find that this is no longer the case. Things are crumbling before our eyes.” We talked to Dr Matej …
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Robert Golob, like every other new face of the transitional left, clearly understands that the way to complete immunity from the Slovenian rule of law is to have a good relationship with the third (judicial) branch of government. Even by promising them a “happy ending” – meaning a fabulous pay rise completely outside the Slovenian …
Slovenian Judges Are The Second Worst In Europe In Terms Of Human Rights Violations Read More »
The Slovenian judiciary is at the forefront in terms of human rights violations in the European Union. A review of rulings of the European Court of Human Rights shows that in the period from Slovenia gaining independence to 2021, the Slovenian judiciary has violated at least one human right in 342 rulings. According to publicly …
“It is scandalous that a suspect who was waiting for his verdict – which was to come the very next day – was sitting in the company of the President of the Supreme Court because they are both avid fans of football – in addition to many other judges, lawyers from shady law firms, business …
“We will soon face a similar staffing crisis in the judiciary as we currently have in the healthcare sector,” said Minister of Justice Dominika Švarc Pipan in an interview with the newspaper Dnevnik, to which one of her former professors, Dr Miha Pogačnik, also responded. According to Pogačnik, there should be no crisis in the …
In The Golob Government, Crises Keep Coming One After Another Read More »
“Cinematic: criminal complaint at the end of November, a conviction just three weeks later, and the assaulted woman, who should have been the key witness during the proceedings, does not even know that the process has been initiated, and the convicted man apparently does not even appeal…?! This is really just like a movie! In …
“As a person, a journalist, and a citizen, I am disappointed with the work of this process. The information I have indicates that one well-known family of lawyers is involved in my planned detention. It seems that some politicians from the emerging Gibanje Svoboda party are involved,” Bojan Požar, a journalist and editor of Požareport, told …
Members of the DOOR Association (Association for Children, Fatherhood and the Truth) have been drawing attention to the fact that fathers are discriminated against in divorce proceedings. They have also been pointing out that these procedures are too long and too expensive, and that all this is unacceptable because it causes irreparable emotional, developmental, health …
