The Politics of Victimhood in Human Rights Violations: The Case of the Erased Residents of Slovenia
During the process of gaining national independence the Slovenian government unlawfully erased 25,671 individuals, mainly citizens of other republics of the former Yugoslavia from the Slovenian Register of Permanent Residents. In 2012 the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Kurić and other...
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| description | During the process of gaining national independence the Slovenian government unlawfully erased 25,671 individuals, mainly citizens of other republics of the former Yugoslavia from the Slovenian Register of Permanent Residents. In 2012 the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Kurić and others vs. Republic of Slovenia held that there had been a violation of the 8th, 13th and 14th Articles of the European Convention on Human rights. Following this judgement the Slovenian government adopted a compensation scheme for the Erased introducing the criteria determining conditions for their redress. The article reflects on the political and legal construction of victimhood and reveals the notions of political loyalty, legal conformity and territorial attachment as one of the most decisive elements of victimhood. It shows that the subjectivity of victims in the case of the Erased is not defined within the human rights discourse but is grounded in nationalist terms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea22d73b0ffd4b77ab2adb66d2d9d8202024-02-02T11:21:08ZengThe University of AkureyriNordicum-Mediterraneum1670-62421670-62422017-08-01122A2The Politics of Victimhood in Human Rights Violations: The Case of the Erased Residents of SloveniaBarbara GornikDuring the process of gaining national independence the Slovenian government unlawfully erased 25,671 individuals, mainly citizens of other republics of the former Yugoslavia from the Slovenian Register of Permanent Residents. In 2012 the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Kurić and others vs. Republic of Slovenia held that there had been a violation of the 8th, 13th and 14th Articles of the European Convention on Human rights. Following this judgement the Slovenian government adopted a compensation scheme for the Erased introducing the criteria determining conditions for their redress. The article reflects on the political and legal construction of victimhood and reveals the notions of political loyalty, legal conformity and territorial attachment as one of the most decisive elements of victimhood. It shows that the subjectivity of victims in the case of the Erased is not defined within the human rights discourse but is grounded in nationalist terms.https://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-12-no-2-2017/conference-procceding/politics-victimhood-human-rights-violations-case-erased-residents-slovenia/Sloveniaerasedhuman rightsnationalismresidentvictimhood |
| spellingShingle | Barbara Gornik The Politics of Victimhood in Human Rights Violations: The Case of the Erased Residents of Slovenia Nordicum-Mediterraneum Slovenia erased human rights nationalism resident victimhood |
| title | The Politics of Victimhood in Human Rights Violations: The Case of the Erased Residents of Slovenia |
| title_full | The Politics of Victimhood in Human Rights Violations: The Case of the Erased Residents of Slovenia |
| title_fullStr | The Politics of Victimhood in Human Rights Violations: The Case of the Erased Residents of Slovenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Politics of Victimhood in Human Rights Violations: The Case of the Erased Residents of Slovenia |
| title_short | The Politics of Victimhood in Human Rights Violations: The Case of the Erased Residents of Slovenia |
| title_sort | politics of victimhood in human rights violations the case of the erased residents of slovenia |
| topic | Slovenia erased human rights nationalism resident victimhood |
| url | https://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-12-no-2-2017/conference-procceding/politics-victimhood-human-rights-violations-case-erased-residents-slovenia/ |
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