The Ministry of labour, Family and Social Affairs approves the first second-parent adoption in a lesbian family on the basis of the 35-year old legislation in the field of family relations.
The 2011 Aliens Act recognizes registered (including same-sex) partners of EU nationals and third-country nationals as family members for the purpose of family reunification.
The policy of an insurance company that refuses to provide accident insurance to persons suffering from depression, anxiety or intellectual disability constitutes discrimination, finds the Advocate of the Principle of Equality.
Within the 2010 Progress Project the Advocate set up and launched a first multi-language comprehensive web-site on anti-discrimination legislation and issues.
Inspector for the System of Public Servants found that the candidate who was nominated as the Advocate of the Principle of Equality (Slovenian Equality Body) did not meet the employment conditions set by law.
The Government of the Republic of Slovenia reformed the role of composition of the Council for the Implementation of the Principle of Equal Treatment, a body with consultative role
Registration of Same-Sex Partnership Act is discriminatory since it puts same-sex partners in unequal position than opposite- sex partners in relation to inheritance rights
Labor Inspectorate found discrimination in the procedure of nomination of the Advocate of the Principle of Equality, which is the equality body in Slovenia
Whether or not resettlement of a Roma family to a former refugee centre and preventing members of the family to return to their land constitutes discrimination.
The information contained on this page represents the situation as of 31 December 2009 and is a summary of the country report produced by the country expert from the network. The summary can be downloaded here as well.
The information contained on this page has been produced by the country expert from the network.
Sloveniais ethnically quite homogeneous state. According to the population census of 2002 the country consists of 83 % ethnic Slovenians, 0.11 % Italians, 0.32 % Hungarians, 0.17 % Roma people. In Slovenia there are also 1.98 % Serbs, 1.81 % Croats, 1.10 % Bosnians and other minorities from the former Yugoslavia, which have immigrated to Slovenia during the period of Yugoslavia's existence.
Both the Act Implementing the Principle of Equal Treatment and Employment Relationship Act prohibit direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, instructions to discriminate as well as victimization on the grounds of gender, race and ethnicity, religion and belief, sexual orientation, age and disability.
A victim of discrimination has at their disposal formal or informal procedures for the protection of the right to equal treatment. The victim can lodge a complaint to the Advocate of the Principle of Equality, or when the alleged perpetrator is a state or a state-related body, to the Human Rights Ombudsman. The Advocate can refer the case to the competent inspectorate to initiate a formal misdemeanour procedure.
On the constitutional level discrimination on all personal grounds is prohibited by Article 14 of the Constitution. In 2009 the Constitutional Court confirmed that the Constitution prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation as well, although this ground is not specifically listed in the Constitution. Slovenia ratified all main human rights treaties concerning discrimination, including the recently adopted United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It did not, however, ratify the Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention of Human Rights which introduces the right to non-discrimination as an independent right.
The national legislation regulates prohibition of discrimination in all areas required by the directive 2000/34/EC (including both private and public sector) for all personal grounds (and not only for the grounds of race and ethnicity).
In accordance with the Act Implementing the Principle of Equal Treatment, the Advocate of the Principle of Equality started working in 2005 within the Government Office for Equal Opportunities. The mandate of the Advocate is to examine discrimination complaints on all protected grounds in all areas of social life, provide assistance to victims and issue recommendations. The procedure is informal and free of charge. The Advocate does not have investigative powers and cannot impose misdemeanour fees in cases of violations. If the perpetrator does not comply with the Advocate’s recommendations, the Advocate can only refer the case to the competent inspectorate.
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