Terrorist Criminal Offences in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia
Terrorist Criminal Offences in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia

Author(s): Vid Jakulin
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Security and defense
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Источном Сарајеву
Keywords: Slovenia;Terrorism;Terrorist criminal offences;Financing of terrorism;Inticement and public glorification of terrorist activities;recruitment and training for terrorist activities;
Summary/Abstract: he article deals with the Terrorist criminal offences in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia. The author states that terrorism is a worldwide phenomenon. Despite the fact that international organisations (the United Nations Organisation, the Council of Europe and the European Union) issued a number of international legal acts aimed at preventing and fighting terrorism, there is still no uniform definition of terrorism. The Republic of Slovenia is a small country situated in the southern part of Central Europe, which has fortunately not yet been victim of a terrorist attack. Nevertheless, the competent authorities of the Republic of Slovenia are aware of the importance of the fight against terrorism, where the primary focus is on prevention and international cooperation. The Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia (KZ-1) defines five criminal offences relating to terrorism. This is very important since, according to the principle of legality, a criminal offence and the corresponding sentences are defined by law before the criminal offence is committed. The legal definition of criminal offences relating to terrorism by an act is also important for inter- national cooperation since such cooperation is more effective when there is identity of norms (double criminality). The author believes that we have sufficient means to combat terrorism, but that the effectiveness of such efforts depends on the political will to implement them. Notwithstanding the above, we must be aware that fight against terrorism is not a short-term engagement but a long-term process.

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