A delegation of the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) carried out an evaluation visit to Slovenia from 16 to 19 December 2025, as part of the fourth evaluation round of the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
This new evaluation round of monitoring the implementation of the Convention focuses on vulnerabilities to human trafficking and measures taken by States Parties to prevent them, detect and support vulnerable victims and punish the offenders. This includes a focus on the use of information and communication technology, which brings structural changes to the way offenders operate and exacerbates existing vulnerabilities.
Prior to the visit, the Slovenian authorities provided a reply to GRETA’s questionnaire for the fourth evaluation round. In addition to the new thematic focus, GRETA examines how the main recommendations made in its third evaluation report on Slovenia have been implemented.
During the visit, the GRETA delegation met with Ms Helga Dobrin, State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, and Mr Gregor Hudrič, National Anti-Trafficking Coordinator. The delegation also held consultations with representatives of the Ministry of the Interior (including the Criminal Police Directorate, the Migration Directorate, the National Bureau of Investigation, the IT and Telecommunications Office, the Police Academy and the Uniformed Police Directorate), the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (including the Labour Inspectorate and the Employment Service), the Ministry of Finance (including the Financial Administration and the Office for the Prevention of Money Laundering), the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry for Solidarity-Based Future, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Consultations were also held with prosecutors from the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office and the Specialised State Prosecutor's Office, and judges from the Supreme Court, the Higher Courts of Ljubljana and Koper, and the District Court of Maribor.
Further, GRETA’s delegation met members of Parliament and representatives of the Office for National Minorities and the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsperson.
The GRETA delegation held separate meetings with representatives of non-governmental organisations, the Bar Association of Slovenia, academia and trade unions. Discussions were also held with representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
During the visit, the GRETA delegation visited an asylum reception centre for unaccompanied and separated children and an immigration detention centre in Postojna.
The visit was carried out by Ms Biljana Lubarovska and Ms Svala Ísfeld Ólafsdóttir, members of GRETA, who were accompanied by Ms Teresa Armengol de la Hoz from the Secretariat of the Convention.
Following the visit, GRETA will prepare a draft report, which will be sent to the Slovenian authorities for comments. GRETA will subsequently adopt its final report, which will be published by the end of 2026.
