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Presentation

The Office of the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia is the highest-ranking prosecutor's office in the country, within which operate supreme and higher state prosecutors, district state prosecutors assigned to the Office of the State Prosecutor General for performing demanding professional tasks, and state prosecutors operating within the group of state prosecutors for the prosecution of organised crime.

In appeal proceedings before higher courts in the state, higher state prosecutors represent the appeals of district state prosecutors. In proceedings on extraordinary judicial remedies in the field of criminal law and in the field of civil and administrative affairs, supreme state prosecutors appear before the Supreme Court.

The Office of the State Prosecutor General is organised into four departments (the criminal law department, the civil and administrative affairs department, the department of state prosecutor supervision and the appeals department), an expert centre and a legal information centre.

In the criminal law department, supreme state prosecutors file requests for the protection of legality in criminal matters concluded as final and in matters relating to offences. They submit responses to requests for the protection of legality filed in procedures by the opposing party, and proposals responding to requests for extraordinary mitigation of punishment. They appear in appeal proceedings in cases where the Supreme Court acts as an appellate court. Supreme state prosecutors assist district state prosecutors in their work by giving legal opinions on demanding matters of law and by highlighting case law.

In the civil and administrative affairs department, supreme state prosecutors file requests for the protection of legality against final court decisions in litigious and other civil court proceedings. The prerequisite for filing this extraordinary judicial remedy, which is not at the disposal of parties to the proceedings, is the protection of the public interest, mainly due to the unification of judicial practice in terms of the application of laws and institutes and taking a stand on certain legal issues.

Higher state prosecutors in the appeals department at the main office in Ljubljana and three external departments (located in Maribor, Celje and Koper) represent appeals of district state prosecutors before higher courts and, through proposals for appeals of district state prosecutors, their defendants and defence counsels, jointly create legal practice and punishment policy.

The department of state prosecutor supervision performs supervision over the work of district state prosecutors. General supervisory examinations are performed every three years with respect to the work of district state prosecutors. The department also carries out partial supervisory examinations with respect to individual cases or the work of an individual state prosecutor.

The expert centre provides state prosecutors with expert assistance in other areas of expertise, prepares and carries out education and training activities for state prosecutors and prepares expert groundwork for international cooperation between state prosecutors.

The legal information centre is responsible for the development, uniformity and operation of IT support for state prosecutors' offices.

The group of state prosecutors for the prosecution of organised crime is responsible for prosecuting the perpetrators of criminal offences in the area of "classical" organised crime and economic crime, terrorism, offences connected with corruption and other offences where detection and prosecution require special organisation and skills, including the entire country when the State Prosecutor General so decides.

The Office of the State Prosecutor General decides on disputes over the jurisdiction between district state prosecutors' offices and on transferring territorial jurisdiction to another district state prosecutor's office, where appropriate, to facilitate the completion of the proceedings or for other substantive reasons.

The internal organisation of state prosecutors' offices is determined by the State Prosecutor's Order prescribed by the Minister of Justice on the proposal of the State Prosecutor General.

The number of posts held by state prosecutors is specified in the Decree on the number of positions of state prosecutors and assistants to state prosecutors. All state prosecutors are appointed by the Government of the RS, and their mandate is permanent. The State Prosecutor General is appointed by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the Government for a period of six years.

General data

OFFICE OF THE STATE PROSECUTOR GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia: Barbara Brezigar, Supreme State Prosecutor/Counselor
Deputy State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia: Mirko Vrtačnik, Supreme State Prosecutor/Counselor
Secretary General: Gaja Štovičej

Trg OF 13 1000
Ljubljana
Phone.: 386 1 434 19 35
Fax: 386 1 434 1945

Office of the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia:

Phone: 386 1 434 19 00
Fax: 386 1 434 19 36

State Prosecutors' Council

Secretary: Vojka Vidovič, Higher State Prosecutor
Phone: 386 1 434 19 63
Fax: 386 1 434 19 36

Departments

Criminal Law Department

Hinko Jenull, Supreme State Prosecutor - Head MSc
Andrej Ferlinc, Supreme State Prosecutor
Franc Mazi, Supreme State Prosecutor/Counselor
Andrej Polak, Supreme State Prosecutor
Mirko Vrtačnik, Supreme State Prosecutor/Counselor
Nastja Franko, Supreme State Prosecutor PhD
Zvonko Fišer, Supreme State Prosecutor

Phone: 386 1 434 19 05
Fax: 386 1 434 19 55

Civil and Administrative Affairs Department

Erika Panjtar Podrekar, Supreme State Prosecutor - Head
Cvetka Kozole, Supreme State Prosecutor/Counselor
Barbara Knol Drobnič, Supreme State Prosecutor
Aleš Butala, Supreme State Prosecutor

Phone: 386 1 434 19 12
Fax: 386 1 434 19 45

Appeals Department

Savica Pureber, Supreme State Prosecutor - Head
Marjetka Krevs, Higher State Prosecutor
Nada Lovrenčič Rakovec, Higher State Prosecutor/Counselor
Vlasta Nussdorfer, Higher State Prosecutor
Janez Šinkovec, Higher State Prosecutor
Andreja Šarabon, Higher State Prosecutor

Phone: 386 1 434 19 19
Fax: 386 1 434 19 45

Department of State Prosecutor Supervision

Sanja Javor Pajenk, Supreme State Prosecutor - Head

Phone: 386 1 434 19 02
Fax: 386 1 434 19 36

Expert Centre

Silvij Šinkovec, Supreme State Prosecutor/Counselor - Head

Phone: 386 1 434 19 38
Fax: 386 1 434 19 45

Legal Information Centre

Aleš Butala, Supreme State Prosecutor - Head
Stane Sočan, District State Prosecutor/Counselor

Phone: 386 1 434 19 32
Fax: 386 1 434 19 45

Group of State Prosecutors for the Prosecution of Organized Crime

Blanka Žgajnar, District State Prosecutor - Head
Alenka Sagmeister Ranzinger, District State Prosecutor
Jože Kozina, District State Prosecutor
Dragica Kotnik, Higher State Prosecutor

Phone: 386 1 434 19 34
Fax: 386 1 434 19 62

Specialize Department

Branka Zobec Hrastar, Higher State Prosecutor – Head
Nikolaja Hožič – District State Prosecutor

External departments under the Office of the State Prosecutor General

in Celje

Head: Franc Hovnik, Higher State Prosecutor/Counselor

Phone: 386 3 427 58 60
Fax: 386 3 427 58 64

in Maribor

Head: MSc Andrej Ferlinc, Supreme State Prosecutor

Phone: 386 2 234 87 60
Fax: 386 2 234 87 66

in Koper

Head: Primož Trebežnik, Higher State Prosecutor/Counselor

Phone: 386 5 662 59 20
Fax: 386 5 663 59 25