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Institutes strategy and contribution to solving the problem ABOUT ERASURE AND THE ERASED PEOPLE IN SLOVENIA majaladicmirovni institutsi Slovenia part of SFRY since 1945 ID: 276127

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Peace Institute‘s strategy and contribution to solving the problem

ABOUT „ERASURE“ AND THE ERASED PEOPLE IN SLOVENIA

maja.ladic@mirovni

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institut.siSlide2

Slovenia part of SFRY since 1945 („dual citizenship“ – SFRY citizenship & citizenship of one of the SFRY republics)23 December 1990 – referendum on the independence of Slovenia

25 June 1991 – independent Republic of Slovenia 25 December 1991 – deadline for applying for Slovenian citizenship

26 February 1992 –

the erasure!

WHAT HAPPENED?Slide3

25.671 people erased from the register of permanent residents (20% of the erased persons were children)

People were unlawfully deprived of their legal status -they lost all social and economic rights (employment, housing, healthcare, education)

THE ERASURESlide4

By 2009:1.302 persons died10.943 persons have regulated their status in Slovenia (7.313 of

these have Slovenian citizenship)13.426 persons still without regulated status in Slovenia

In 2010: “new” Legal status Act – ZUSDDD-B (permanent residence permit only)

2010 – 2011:211 applications filed55 approved80 not approved76 still processingSlide5

since 2002 (books, articles, events)

projects since 20072

projects:The Erased People of Slovenia

– a challenge of a young nation-state (1.1.2007 – 31.12.2009)The

Erased

:

Remedying Human

Rights

Violations

(1.1.2010 – 31.12.2012)

Sponsor

:

Open Society Foundations (Human Rights & Governance Program)

PEACE INSTITUTESlide6

1. „field

work

“: identifying the erased persons, interviews, needs

-assessment2. Free legal aid

:

regulating

legal status of

the

erased

permanent

residence permit (direct insight in procedures)3.

Raising

awareness: the media, public events, lectures,

website, brochures, articles, books, etc. (influencing

public opinion)4. Advocacy: pressuring the authorities, national legislation (amendments to Legal Status Act in 2010), ECHR case (final ruling in June 2012)

ACTIVITIES:Slide7

1.

field

work2. free legal

aid

for

the

erased

3.

awareness

-

raising

4. advocacy

RESULTS!Slide8

2010 Legal Status Act but stil exclusive; doesn‘t solve the problem; long,

expensive (95 eur) and difficult procedures

Free legal aid for about 400 erased people, representing

more than 130 people (45 got permanent residence permit, about 80 procedures still open)

ECHR case

Kurić

and others vs. Slovenia

– final ruling

on 26

June

2012

(a pilot

judgement

– strategic litigation) –>

compensations (but also exclusive – like 2010 Legal Status

Act)The media & public opinion changed

Results: