The Peace Institute, Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, and European Network on Statelessness Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 34th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Slovenia Introduction 1. The Peace Institute, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), and European Network on Statelessness (ENS) make this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges pertaining to statelessness in Slovenia. 2. This submission focuses on various issues relating to the right to a nationality, the protection of stateless people, prevention and reduction of statelessness in Slovenia. It draws heavily on information and resources presented in ENS’s Statelessness Index 1 country profile on Slovenia, 2 with relevant text from the Slovenia Country Briefing (February 2019) 3 being reproduced verbatim, and other sections being paraphrased or summarised from the Index material. 3. The Peace Institute4 - Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies – is a private, independent, non-profit research institution founded in 1991 by individuals who believed in peaceful conflict resolution, equality and respect for human rights standards. The Institute uses scientific research and advocacy activities aimed at creating and preserving an open society capable of critical thought and based on the principles of equality, responsibility, solidarity, human rights and the rule of law. 4. The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion 5 is an independent non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting an integrated, human rights-based response to the injustice of statelessness and exclusion. Established in August 2014, it is the first and only global centre committed to promoting the human rights of stateless persons and ending statelessness. The Institute has made over 38 country specific UPR submissions on the human rights of stateless persons, and also compiled summaries of the key human rights challenges related to statelessness in all countries under review under the 23rd to the 33rd UPR Sessions.6 1 See: https://index.statelessness.eu. 2 See: https://index.statelessness.eu/country/slovenia. 3 See: https://index.statelessness.eu/sites/statelessindex.eu/files/Country%20Briefing%20Slovenia%20ENG_FINAL_0.pdf 4 For more information about The Peace Institute, see: http://www.mirovni-institut.si/en/. 5 For more information about the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, see: www.institutesi.org. 6 See: http://www.institutesi.org/ourwork/humanrights.php. 1