European Affairs and International Cooperation Division
The tasks of the Division include:
- fulfilling the obligations arising from the Republic of Slovenia’s membership of the European Union and the Council of Europe, including participating in legislative procedures and negotiations, preparing and representing positions on legislative and other acts and outstanding issues, participating in working bodies, and communicating with European institutions;
- preparing explanations and interpretations and participating in other European Union and Council of Europe activities in the field of justice;
- participating in the transposition of European Union legislation into the national legal order and in pre-litigation and court proceedings;
- participating in the work of numerous other international organisations, including the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations, the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and the International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as coordinating legislative and other activities within their working bodies;
- carrying out activities relating to bilateral cooperation, maintaining regular bilateral contacts, preparing legal frameworks for cooperation, facilitating practical cooperation, and organising events at expert and ministerial level;
- cooperating with the Ministry’s internal organisational units on European Union affairs and international cooperation and with the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union;
- coordinating activities relating to international development cooperation;
- participating in interministerial working groups and related activities at national level;
- preparing opinions, explanations, interpretations, reports, overviews and other materials relating to European Union affairs and international cooperation;
- monitoring and analysing international studies on the functioning of justice systems;
- performing other tasks within the Division’s remit.