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Slovenia

Regional group:

Eastern European Group (EEG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Council Bureau membership:	President (2018) Vice-president (2009, 2010)
Coordinator of regional group:	1 (2014)
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2025) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2020) Member of Working Group on Situations (2016)
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	A

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Slovenia has been in the core group of the following resolutions: women, diplomacy and human rights; the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; World Programme for Human Rights Education; situation of human rights in the Russian Federation; rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; human rights of older persons; mandate of Special Rapporteur on minority issues; United Nations declaration on human rights education and training.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2007, Slovenia has voted in favour of or has joined consensus on every resolution tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention), and nearly every country specific resolution under item 2, with the exception of one 2017 resolution on Burundi. For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory), Slovenia has twice voted against: once on a resolution on human rights in the Occupied Syrian Golan (2018) and once on a follow-up resolution to a text on human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (2008). On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), Slovenia has either joined consensus or voted in favour, with the exception of one abstention during voting on a text related to the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2009). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Slovenia has generally joined consensus. Resolutions that it usually (or always) votes against include those on: defamation of religions; the right to peace; some texts on racism and the Durban Review Conference; and mercenaries. Slovenia has voted in favour of resolutions on, inter alia: religious discrimination; torture; peaceful protest; sexual orientation; arbitrary detention; transitional justice; the question of the death penalty; international drug control; and civil society space. For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social, and cultural rights, it has, in the absence of consensus, tended to vote against or (somewhat less frequently) abstain on draft texts. Slovenia has voted against resolutions on, inter alia: the right to peace; international solidarity; unilateral coercive measures; foreign debt; protection of the family; and the right to development.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

325

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
IE on democratic international order, 2023

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

ICESRC
6 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2010, 2014, 2019)

Mid-term report

1st, 2nd, and 3rd cycles

Level of delegation

Inter-ministerial

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 171 / 192

2^nd cycle: 192 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2025)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges:

Slovenia tabled its commitments and voluntary pledges in support of its candidacy for membership for the period 2026-2028 on 1 May 2025. In the document, Slovenia pledges to:

Continue to support efforts to empower and eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls, and support efforts to improve gender balance in leadership positions in the UN system.
Continue promoting the active participation of children in annual debates on the rights of the child held during Human Rights Council sessions.
Address the gaps and limitations in international human rights law regarding the rights of older persons, strengthen the promotion and protection of their rights, and combat ageism.
Continue contributing to the development of the World Programme for Human Rights Education and work for the effective implementation of its Fifth Phase.
Reduce the vulnerability/increase the resilience of Slovenia’s natural and human systems to the impacts of climate change on the environment and society.
Promote respect for children’s rights and the protection of children by implementing measures such as the Programme for Children 2020-2025, the resolution on Family Policy 2018-2028, the Action Plan for Child Guarantee 2022-2030 and the resolution on the National Programme for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Violence against Women 2024-2029.
Continue working on the protection of vulnerable groups from discrimination and maintain a zerotolerance approach to hate speech.

Slovenia

Eastern European Group (EEG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 171 / 192

2nd cycle: 192 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges:

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 171 / 192

2^nd cycle: 192 / 192