Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

117 th session

Geneva, 13 April–1 May 2026

Item 6 of the provisional agenda

Consideration of reports, comments and information submitted by States P arties under article 9 of the Convention

List of themes in relation to the combined twelfth to fourteenth periodic reports of Slovenia

Note by the Country Rapporteur *

1.The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination decided at its seventy‑sixth session that the Country Rapporteur would send to the State Party concerned a short list of themes, with a view to guiding and focusing the dialogue between the State Party’s delegation and the Committee during the consideration of the State Party’s report. The present document contains a list of such themes. It is not an exhaustive list; other issues may also be raised in the course of the dialogue. No written replies are required.

Statistics

2.Updated comprehensive statistics on the demographic composition of the population based on self-identification, disaggregated by ethnic origin, including Roma origin, as well as on migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers. Updated statistics on the socioeconomic situation of national and ethnic groups that provide an empirical basis for assessing their enjoyment of the rights to work, social security, housing, food, water and sanitation, health and education, and their participation in public and political life, disaggregated by national or ethnic origin, gender, age and other relevant factors.

The Convention in domestic law and the institutional and policy framework for its implementation (arts. 2 and 4)

3.Update on legislative and policy measures taken to effectively implement all the provisions of the Convention.

4.Update on institutional frameworks in place that are responsible for areas related to the Convention, in particular the mandates, resources and activities of the Human Rights Ombudsman, the Advocate of the Principle of Equality, the Office for National Minorities and the Office for the Support and Integration of Migrants.

5.Specific examples of cases in which the Convention’s provisions were invoked before, or applied by, the domestic courts. Measures to ensure that judges, prosecutors and lawyers have sufficient knowledge of the provisions of the Convention.

6.Update on mechanisms available to submit complaints of acts of racial discrimination.

Hate speech and hate crimes (art. 4)

7.Updated information on the amendment of 2023 to the Criminal Code and on measures taken to ensure that the definitions of racist hate speech and hate crimes in domestic legislation are fully in line with article 4 of the Convention and include all grounds of discrimination recognized in article 1 of the Convention.

8.Updated information on the impact of legal, institutional and public policy frameworks to prevent and condemn hate speech, hate crimes and incitement to hatred, including in the media and on other public platforms, such as the Internet, and by public officials and politicians. Information and statistics on racist hate speech and racist hate crimes, and on the accountability of those responsible for any acts constituting incitement to racial discrimination or to hatred, including in political discourse, in the media and on the Internet.

9.Information on measures taken or envisaged to ensure that law enforcement officials and other government officials do not engage in racial discrimination, including racially motivated violence and practices that amount to racial profiling. Information on safeguards in place to ensure the non-discriminatory implementation of the Emergency Measures to Ensure Public Safety Act (Šutar Act) (2025), including with respect to the designation of so‑called security-risk areas.

Situation of ethnic groups (arts. 2, 3, 5 and 6)

10.Updated information about the implementation of the National Programme of Measures for Roma (2021–2030). Results achieved so far in advancing substantive equality for Roma in education, employment, housing and healthcare. Information on the implementation of relevant policies and programmes for both “autochthonous” and “non‑autochthonous” Roma without discrimination.

11.Updated information on the housing conditions of Roma, including with regard to access to electricity, clean water and safe sanitation in informal settlements. Updated information on legal guarantees in cases of eviction.

12.The results of measures taken to prevent and address forced and early marriage, including among the Roma population.

13.Updated information on the participation of minorities in public and political life at various levels, including the Roma population, Hungarian and Italian minorities and communities of Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Albanian or other origin.

14.Information on measures taken to provide access for children belonging to ethnic groups to education in their mother tongue. Update on the status and implementation of the Resolution on the National Programme for Language Policy (2021–2025).

Situation of migrants, asylum-seekers, refugees and stateless persons (arts. 2 and 5)

15.Updated information on the legislative and policy frameworks on migrants, asylum‑seekers and refugees, including the measures taken to integrate a human rights-based approach into migration governance. Updated information on policies and programmes in place to guarantee access for to migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees to education, employment and healthcare services without discrimination.

16.Details on efforts to combat trafficking in migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees, including the number of investigations, prosecutions and convictions of perpetrators and the reparations provided to victims, including in cooperation with neighbouring States.

17.The results of measures to facilitate the restoration of the legal status of persons who had been removed from the registry of permanent residents, referred to as “the erased”. Update on those residing abroad who could not file applications within the initial period of three years provided for under the 2010 actregulating the permanent residency status of all citizens of the successor States of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Update on children born abroad to “erased” persons. Information on reparations provided to persons affected by erasure.

18.Information on measures taken to identify and protect stateless persons.

Human rights education to combat prejudice and intolerance (art. 7)

19.Updated information on educational and awareness-raising measures taken to combat prejudices and stereotypes in school curricula and teacher-training programmes. Measures taken to promote social cohesion, intercultural dialogue and respect for cultural diversity among the public.