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  ICL - Slovenia Constitution
Slovenia is a state governed by the rule of law and a social state.
No citizen of Slovenia may be extradited or surrendered unless such obligation to extradite or surrender arises from a treaty by which, in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 3a, Slovenia has transferred the exercise of part of its sovereign rights to an international organisation.
The Constitutional Court shall decide either that the impeachment charges are justified or it shall dismiss the charges, and it may further decide on relieving the President of office by a two-thirds majority vote of all judges.
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  Constitution
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 Constitution of Slovenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On July 25, 2000 proportional voting system was entered directly in constitution to avoid legal gap that threatened to happen after the National Assembly didn't approve the law about this issue according to somewhat unclear referendum results: three voting systems were proposed to people but none of them won the absolute majority of voters.
In a disputed decision, the Slovene Constitutional Court ruled that if any law is to be passed, it is to be the law according to the option that got relative majority.
On March 7, 2003 the constitution was changed for the final time to allow Slovenia to enter the European Union and NATO, if that would be the will of the people, which was shown to be the case in the referendum on March 23, 2003.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constitution_of_Slovenia   (269 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Constitution of Slovenia
This principle is affirmed in the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, which in article 54/1 stipulates that parents have the right and duty to support, raise and educate their children.
Article 53 of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia specifies that it is the duty of the State to protect family, motherhood, fatherhood, children and youth, and to ceate the necessary conditions for that protection.
The Republic of Slovenia is a signatory to the convention on the settlement of maintenance claims and to other bilateral agreements under which it can secure compensation for the maintenance of a child in Slovenia or abroad from parents or persons financially responsible for the child.
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 Constitution of Slovenia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia was adopted by the Slovenian National Assembly (Državni zbor) on December 23 1991.
On March 7, 2003 the constitution was changed for the final time to allow Slovenia to enter the European Union and NATO, if that would be the will of the people, which indeed happened on the referendum on March 23, 2003.
Constitution of Slovenia, External links, Constitutions, Politics of Slovenia, 1991 in law, Government of Slovenia and Slovenian law.
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 Comparative Criminology | Europe - Slovenia
Slovenia had two national court systems, one for resolution of civil and criminal cases, the second to judge the conformity of national law with the Constitution and the conformity of laws passed by republics and provinces with national law.
Slovenia was also a country of origin, but the number of women trafficked out of the country was not known and was believed to be very low.
Slovenia is also being used as a transit country for the smuggling of cocaine from South America to Europe, taking advantage of the harbors along the North Adriatic coast (Rijeka, Koper and the Italian port of Trieste).
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 Liberal Democracy of Slovenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia or LDS (Slovenian: Liberalna demokracija Slovenije) is the liberal and former ruling political party of Slovenia.
The LDS formed coalitions ruled governments of Slovenia from 1992 to 2004, with an interruption for a few months in 2000.
The first prime minister from LDS was Janez Drnovšek, who became the President of Slovenia in 2002 and was succeeded by Anton Rop, former Minister of Finances.
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 ICL - Slovenia Index
Slovenia joined the UN, the IMF, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Council of Europe, NATO and the European Union.
23 Dec 1991: The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia is adopted by the Slovene Parliament.
Jan 1991: The Ultimatum of the Belgrade Government to Slovenia demanding the disarmament of the territorial defence units is rejected by the Slovene Government.
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 EUROPA - Enlargement : Candidate Country - Slovenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Slovenia's younger generation of winegrowers on the very borders with Italy have developed a seriously lucrative export business for their high-quality, high-tech and high-price white wines.
Slovenia is among the countries with the smallest public deficit which, despite having increased in 2000, stands at just 25.8% of GDP, caused for the first time by foreign rather than domestic debt.
A referendum on EU accession was held on March 23, 2003, and 90% voted in favour of accession to the EU (the turnout was 60%).
europa.eu.int /comm/enlargement/slovenia   (2216 words)

  
 REC: Status of Public Participation: Slovenia
The Constitution provides that courts of competent jurisdiction are empowered to decide upon the legal validity of decisions of State bodies, local government bodies and statutory authorities made in relation to administrative disputes and concerning the rights, obligations and legal entitlements of individuals or organizations.
The type of non-formal public participation in Slovenia has redefined notions of national identity and the instruments of non-formal public participation have to be understood from a historical perspective as a medium in the process of Slovenia becoming the national state of the Slovene citizens.
Slovenia, for example, is one of the few countries which requires certain facilities to perform an EIA periodically, whether or not new activities are proposed.
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 1993 Human Rights Report: SLOVENIA
Slovenia is in a slow but steady transition from a largely state-owned economy to one based on private ownership.
The Constitution guarantees the right of political asylum for those foreign nationals and persons without citizenship "who are persecuted for their stand on human rights and fundamental freedoms." Slovenia has taken in over 75,000 refugees, mainly Muslims, from Bosnia-Herzegovina, which represents 3.5 percent of Slovenia's population.
The Constitution provides special rights to the "autochthonous Italian and Hungarian ethnic communities," such as the right to elect a representative to the Assembly, use their own national symbols, establish organizations, enjoy bilingual education, and other privileges, and imposes a special obligation on the Republic to support financially and morally the implementation of those rights.
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 Slovenia information for the visitor
About the size of Wales, the independent republic of Slovenia is bordered to the north by Austria, and flanked by Hungary to the East, and by Italy and 47 km of Adriatic coastline to the west.
Slovenia became part of the Austrian Hapsburg empire in the 14 th century and with the exception of Napoleon's 4-year tutelage of parts of Slovenia and Croatia (the "Illyrian Provinces"), it remained so for the best part of the next 600 years.
Within Yugoslavia Slovenia was the most prosperous of the states and following Tito's death in 1980, it saw the beginnings of a democracy movement during which this part of the country opened up to the West to a degree unprecedented in the communist world.
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 Index of Economic Freedom 2004 - Countries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Slovenia, the richest of the eight formerly communist countries likely to join the European Union in 2004 (its GDP per capita makes it about as rich as Greece), has pursued a gradualist approach to economic development.
Slovenia’s trade policy score is 1 point better this year, and its fiscal burden of government score is 0.1 point better.
According to the World Bank, Slovenia’s weighted average tariff rate in 2001 (the most recent year for which World Bank data are available) was 9.9 percent, down from the 11.4 percent reported in the 2003 Index.
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 Republic of Slovenia. Constitution
BE IT HEREBY ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia.
As soon as the Constitutional Court is advised of a reference by the National Assembly of a complaint to it, the Constitutional Court may determine that the President of the Republic shall not carry out the duties of his office until the Constitutional Court decides upon the complaint.
The Constitutional Court shall be composed of nine judges, elected by the National Assembly in accordance with statute and on the nomination of the President of the Republic.
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 ipedia.com: Politics of Slovenia Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Slovenia signed an association agreement with the European Union in 1996 and is a member of the Central European Free Trade Agreement.
Slovenia also is a member of all major international financial institutions (the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) as well as 40 other international organizations, among them the World Trade Organization, of which it is a founding member.
By Constitution of Slovenia the country is a parliamentary democracy and a republic.
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 United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Summary Record - Slovenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
In article 5 of the Constitution, the special consideration given to different minorities should be viewed in the light of the general introductory provisions, establishing protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms within the territory of Slovenia as the primary principle.
The special constitutional provision concerning rights and privileges relating to the acquisition of citizenship and to the recovery of property taken away during recent decades sought to redress some of the grave injustices committed by the previous regime.
Slovenia was obviously building up a fine human rights record; it was to be hoped that all legislative projects that remained to be completed would be carried through in the same spirit and as expeditiously.
www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CCPR.C.SR.1347.En?Opendocument   (8112 words)

  
 MINELRES - Minority related national legislation - Slovenia - Constitution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Slovenia is a state of all its citizens and is based on the permanent and inalienable right of the Slovene people to self-determination.
In Slovenia each individual shall be guaranteed equal human rights and fundamental freedoms irrespective of national origin, race, sex, language, religion, political or other beliefs, financial status, birth, education, social status or whatever other personal circumstance.
Deputies, except the deputies of the national communities, are elected by the principle of the proportionate representation at the four per cent electoral threshold for the access to the National Assembly, and the voters’ influence is decisive for the assignment of the seats to the candidates.
www.minelres.lv /NationalLegislation/Slovenia/Slovenia_Constitution_excerpts_English.htm   (944 words)

  
 Constitution for Europe — EUbusiness - EU business, legal and financial news and information - EUbusiness.com
The Treaty to establish a Constitution for Europe was agreed by the Heads of State and Government of the European Union's twenty-five Member States on 18 June 2004.
EU states which have ratified the constitutional treaty must be bold and save the document from the scrapheap, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Friday.
Referenda on the EU Constitution - timetable — 22 September 2005, 04:45 CET
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 globalEDGE (TM) | country insights - History of Slovenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Slovenia is today a vibrant democracy, but the roots of this democracy go back deep in Slovene history.
In 1918, Slovenia joined with other southern Slav states in forming the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes as part of the peace plan at the end of World War I. Renamed in 1929 under a Serbian monarch, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia fell to the Axis powers during World War II.
On December 23, 1990, 88% of Slovenia's population voted for independence in a referendum, and on June 25, 1990, the Republic of Slovenia declared its independence.
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 History of Slovenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Slovenia is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional republic.
Slovenia willingly accepted nearly 100,000 refugees from the fighting in Bosnia and has since participated in international stabilization efforts in the region.
Slovenia is one of the focus countries for the U.S. southeast European policy aimed at reinforcing regional stability and integration.
www.historyofnations.net /europe/slovenia.html   (1181 words)

  
 Slovenia Constitution 1
Slovenia had to amend its Constitution prior to the ratification of the Europe Agreement, first of all in order to permit the sale of the land to foreigners.
Legal acts and decisions adopted within international organisations to which Slovenia has transferred the exercise of part of its sovereign rights shall be applied in Slovenia in accordance with the legal regulation of these organisations.
(2) No citizen of Slovenia may be extradited or surrendered unless such obligation to extradite or surrender arises from a treaty by which, in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 3a, Slovenia has transferred the exercise of part of its sovereign rights to an international organisation.
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 Slovenia Government - Constitution, Flag, and Leaders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Slovenia also is a member of all major international financial institutions--the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development--as well as 40 other international organizations, among them the WTO, of which it is a founding member.
Slovenia willingly accepted nearly 100,000 refugees from the fighting in Bosnia and has since participated in international stabilization efforts in the region.
Slovenia is one of the focus countries for the U.S. southeast European policy, aimed at reinforcing regional stability and integration.
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 Slovenia (03/07)
Slovenia served as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chairman-in-Office in 2005, is the Chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors in 2006-2007, and is preparing to be the first of the ten 2004 EU newcomers to hold the EU’s rotating presidency in 2008.
Slovenia served as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE in 2005 and is the Chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors for 2006-2007.
Slovenia is engaged with 29 countries in bilateral military exchange--most actively with the U.S.--and in regional cooperative arrangements in central and southeast Europe; it participates in or intends to contribute forces for five major multinational regional peacekeeping bodies.
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 Constitution of Slovenia - Helplinelaw
Be it hereby enacted by the Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia.
Slovenia is a state of all its citizens and is based on the permanent and inalienable right of the Slovenian people to self-determination.
The national coat-of-arms of Slovenia shall be a shield in the middle of which, on a blue background, is a representation of Mt. Triglav in white, under which are two undulating blue lines which represent the sea and rivers and above which are located three golden, six-pointed stars forming a downward-pointing triangle.
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 Country info
The Republic of Slovenia lies at the heart of Europe, where the Alps and the Mediterranean meet the Pannonian plains and the mysterious Karst.
Slovenia became an independent state in 1991 and a member of the EU on May 1, 2004.
Under the Constitution, Slovenia is a democratic republic and a social state governed by law.
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 Slovenia | Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
The Republic of Slovenia, a Central European country, is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, and Croatia to the south and southeast.
Slovenia seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991, and the following year the independent state of Slovenia was recognized internationally.
The constitution of Slovenia (1991) preserves the separation of state and religious entities, and the state has guaranteed the equal rights of religious communities and the free profession of faith.
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