SLOVENIA | The Tragic Case of Yugoslavia's 'Erased'

In June 1991, Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia, prompting a ten-day war with forces of the Yugoslav People's Army, the JNA. Months later, the Slovenian Government announced that all Yugoslavs wishing to stay in the country had to apply for Slovenian citizenship. While the vast majority of them did so, over 25,000 failed to meet the deadline. Several months later, they were deleted from Slovenia's record of permanent residents, thereby losing all their social, economic and political rights. Thirty years later, many of them - a group known as the 'Erased' - are still fighting for redress and/or compensation. Hello and welcome! My name is James Ker-Lindsay. Here I take an informed look at International Relations with a focus on territorial conflicts, secession, independence movements and new countries. If you like what you see, please do subscribe. If you want more, including exclusive content and benefits, consider becoming a channel member. Many thanks! SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE http://www.youtube.com/c/JamesKerLindsay?sub_confirmation=1 JOIN THE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/c/JamesKerLindsay/join While many think that Slovenia avoided the brutal conflicts that befell Yugoslavia, this doesn't mean that it left the Federation without controversy. Its decision to impose a very tight deadline for Yugoslavs living in the country to apply for Slovene citizenship left 25,617 people - Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), Kosovo Albanians, Macedonian, Montengrins and Roma, amongst others - as foreigners in the country when they failed to apply in time. Over the following decades successive efforts were made to try to resolve the situation, with little success. Despite calls from the Constitutional Court to act, the Government refused to do so. In the end, the matter went before the European Court of Human Rights. However, while the issue is now considered closed, many thousands are still trying to gain compensation three decades later. CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction and Titles 0:45 Secession and the Question of Citizenship 1:40 Geographic and Demographic Background to Slovenia 2:27 Slovenia's History and Independence from Yugoslavia 4:36 The Issue of The Erased in Slovenia 7:03 Efforts to Address the Status of the Erased 9:08 The Erased before the European Court of Human Rights 11:27 The Erased in Slovenia RELATED PLAYLISTS Current Issues and Disputes https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUzSOLzcfKuNQmS9wQNIIKzYLUlBTyHnb South East Europe and the Balkans https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUzSOLzcfKuMsBdiFUgQ4aB-KBzYDWSMQ ===================================== FURTHER READING & USEFUL SOURCES Amnesty International Report "The Erased" (2005) https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/84000/eur680022005en.pdf Kurić and Others vs Slovenia (2014) https://www.llbrlex.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/CASE-OF-KURIC-AND-OTHERS-v.-SLOVENIA-2014.pdf Constitutional Court Decision (1999) https://www.us-rs.si/selected-decisions-of-the-constitutional-court-25-years/?lang=en Slovenia's Letter to the Council of Europe (2016) https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806308bc Izbrisana (Erased) Trailer [LINK] Interview with Izbrisana Writer/Director, Miha Mazzini https://youtu.be/4gqHZEsHqPc ===================================== MY BOOKS Secession and State Creation: What Everyone Needs to Know https://amzn.to/2MPY3W2 [PRE-ORDER] The Cyprus Problem: What Everyone Needs to Know https://amzn.to/2FaaBU2 Kosovo: The Path to Contested Statehood in the Balkans https://amzn.to/35jiBN2 The Foreign Policy of Counter-Secession https://amzn.to/2Qinm5t My other books https://amzn.to/2MlP13u ===================================== MY PROFILES & SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS Twitter http://www.twitter.com/JamesKerLindsay LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-ker-lindsay-b31b9930/ Academia.edu https://lse.academia.edu/JamesKerLindsay Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Ker-Lindsay ===================================== EQUIPMENT& TOOL USED TO MAKE THIS VIDEO Camera: Canon M50 https://amzn.to/35Hqc9y Microphone: Røde VideoMic NTG https://amzn.to/2MAHBZj Key Light: StudioPRO 1050W Softbox https://amzn.to/2okZAKW Fill Light: Viltrox L116T https://amzn.to/2Mia86y Teleprompter: Parrot 2 https://amzn.to/2VLcRsm Tripod: Geekoto 79" Carbon Fibre https://amzn.to/2wWMNT1 Channel Analytics: TubeBuddy https://www.tubebuddy.com/JKL Channel Images: http://www.istockphoto.com Channel Graphics: https://motionvfx.sjv.io/NKB34O ===================================== KEYWORDS #Slovenia #Yugoslavia #TheErased #InternationalPolitics #CurrentAffairs #InternationalRelations #Secession #Statehood #Independence #InternationalLaw #InternationalHistory #HumanRights DISCLAIMER: Some of the links above are affiliate links. These pay a small commission if you make a purchase. This helps to support the channel and will be at no additional cost to you.