Keywords
incitement to hatred
criminal prosecution
protected groups
Penal Code
criminal law
Slovenia
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Abstract
This article aims to determine how public prosecution deals with criminal reports concerning Article 297 of the Slovenian Penal Code on hate speech and explores the influence of the 2019 Slovenian Supreme Court judgment on this practice. The analysis is based on 98 closed case files of the prosecution from 2019 to 2023. The main findings indicate that the number of indictments and convictions remains low; criminal prosecution of cases is inconsistent; there are regional differences in prosecutorial practice; the impact of the 2019 decision is low; and the quality of documents produced by the prosecutor’s offices is deficient.
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List of case files of the State Prosecutor’s Office
Kt 18208/2021/MI-tp
Kt 21366/2020/5/KP-sš
Kt 702/2021/NVI
Kt/10154/2021/MA
Kt/10302/2020/NVI
Kt/10913/2021/NVI
Kt/10966/2020/NVI
Kt/12680/2023/BH/KG
Kt/137/2023/ME
Kt/14299/2018
Kt/14374/2023/ME/nn
Kt/16687/2020/NM/vc
Kt/16788/2021/NČ/ar
Kt/17440/2020/UL
Kt/17605/2020/ME/tj
Kt/17734/2020/IŠ
Kt/17958/2022/ME/sž
Kt/18069/2020/ME/kh
Kt/18208/2021/MI-tp
Kt/18277/2020/AJ
Kt/18841/2016/EE
Kt/1925/2020/ME/kh
Kt/21186/2019/BB
Kt/21877/2019/NČ/dč
Kt/21366/2020/KP
Kt/23361/2020/AJ
Kt/23429/2019/IŠ
Kt/24009/2016/AB
Kt/24599/2019/LM
Kt/25452/2017/AJ
Kt/3382/2020/MA
Kt/3713/2021/MK/AZ
Kt/3723/2020/IŠ
Kt/4036/2019/NČ
Kt/4231/2018/KP
Kt/5168/2020/ME/sm
Kt/5189/2023/ME/nn
Kt/702/2021/NVI
Kt/7726/2021/LM/LM/ss
Kt/8082/2018/PVZ/LK
Kt/9197/2016/AN
Kt/14299/2018/NVI
Kt/14374/2023/ME
Kt/3603/2022/LM
Kt/5189/2023/ME
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