You can write an application to the UN Human Rights Committee if you believe that your human rights have been violated by Slovenian state officials or institutions, or any other State which has signed and ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocol.
However, there are some conditions that you have to take into account prior to submitting a complaint:
The Committee cannot investigate complaints which do not relate to the human rights protected in the Covenant.
example The UN Human Rights Committee cannot investigate an application about your property rights or state tax policies.
The Committee cannot examine the decisions or actions of private companies, international organizations or private individuals who do not represent state institutions.
You cannot complain about a violation of another person’s human rights, unless you have written consent from that person or a right to represent them. For example, you can complain about a violation of another person’s human rights if you have the power of attorney allowing you to do so or if you have a legal right to represent that person (such as parent of a minor or their legal guardian).
exception You can also complain about a violation committed against someone else, without their written consent, but in that case you will have to prove that it was impossible for you to obtain such consent (e.g. the person died or disappeared).
The Committee cannot investigate a potential violation of your rights if you have not first tried to resolve the problem using all the usual complaint mechanisms that are available under national law.
example If you believe that the judge in your case has not given you the opportunity to express your arguments, you must complain about it in your appeal to a higher court. Only if the higher court does not examine your complaint or remedy that violation, can you complain to the Human Rights Committee.
An application including all the necessary documents should be sent to the Committee as soon as possible. There is no set deadline for sending the application, however, if it is submitted 5 years after the last national decision, the Committee may refuse to examine it.
If the damage done by a violation has already been rectified or compensated by the Slovenian courts or state authorities, or other international courts, the Human Rights Committee will refuse to accept your application.
example If your complaint about this situation has already been examined by the European Court of Human Rights, your complaint regarding that particular violation will not be accepted.