United Nations (UN), Human Rights Council (2019), Visit to Slovenia: Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, 8 January 2019

Country

Slovenia

Title

United Nations (UN), Human Rights Council (2019), Visit to Slovenia: Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, 8 January 2019

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Year

2019

Type of publication

Report

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Council of Europe body

Institution

United Nations (UN) | Human Rights Council

Main Thematic Focus

Hate speech

Target Population

Ethnic minorities Religious minorities Roma Migrants

Key findings

Upon the visit to Slovenia, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues reported, among other things, that disaggregated data by groups targeted by hate speech or incitement to violence were not readily available, preventing the identification of groups most at risk, while anecdotal evidence suggested that minorities had been particularly vulnerable. After a rapid rise of hate speech at the time of mass arrival of refugees to Slovenia in 2015, instances of hate speech were less common in the subsequent period. According to the report, this did not necessarily reflect the situation regarding hate speech in the country, but might be a result of a reluctance to report such incidents on the part of persons concerned, as the wording of the relevant legal provisions and its strict intepretations by authorities hardly guaranteed prosecution of the perpetrators.

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

Country visit (5 to 13 April 2018)

Sample details and representativeness

N/A

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