Passport Path
IZBSI-IZB-001

IZBRISANI primary class — 1992 administrative erasure (~25,671 affected)

Citizenship in Slovenia

Eligibility
IZBRISANI — primarna kategorija upravičencev (~25.671) / IZBRISANI primary class — 1992 administrative erasure (~25,671 affected)
Renunciation
Not required

Overview

SI-IZB-001 IZBRISANI primary class 1992 administrative erasure (~25,671 affected). Bucket IZB sui-generis. CASCADE-FIRST IZBRISANI_1992_ADMINISTRATIVE_ERASURE_SI + IZBRISANI_4_LAYER_ESCALATING_SANCTIONS_ARCHITECTURE_SI. Primary anchor SI-SRC-A-051 ZUSDDD Article 1 (definition of beneficiaries). Adjacent statute SI-SRC-A-053 ZPSOIRSP compensation Act (TERMINAL CLOSURE 2017-06-18). Demographic distribution per Mirovni Institut: BA 45-55%, HR ~20%, RS ~15%, MK ~10%, AL/SQ ~5%.

Who qualifies

Article 1 ZUSDDD + ZUSDDD-B 2010 expanded eligibility: (1) SFRY-citizen-resident on 1990-12-23 (independence reference date) AND on 1991-12-23 (URS promulgation); (2) Failed/declined to naturalise under Article 40 ZDRS during 1991-06-25 to 1991-12-25 transitional window; (3) Subjected to administrative erasure on 1992-02-26 from Register of Permanent Residents; (4) Eligible for retroactive permanent residence (ex tunc from 1992-02-26); (5) Compensation under ZPSOIRSP eligibility (Layer 4 — TERMINAL CLOSURE 2017-06-18). 4-layer escalating-sanctions architecture per cascade-FIRST candidate 2.

How to apply

Pathway: (1) Establish IZBRISANI status via documentary evidence (pre-1992-02-26 SFRY-citizen permanent residence + erasure event); (2) ZUSDDD application for retroactive permanent residence (deadline expired but pre-2010 applicants benefit from ZUSDDD-B 2010 reopening per U-I-246/02 mandate); (3) ZPSOIRSP compensation application (filing window 2014-06-18 to 2017-06-18 — TERMINAL CLOSURE; post-2017 only ECtHR Kuric-progeny pathway); (4) Subsequent ZDRS Article 10 or Article 12 naturalisation pathway available. ECtHR Kuric pilot judgment 2012-06-26 + Just Satisfaction 2014-03-12 + Anastasov 2016 closure operative supranational backstop.

Legal basis

The IZBRISANI redress framework rests on four interlocking provisions of the Ustava Republike Slovenije (URS, Uradni list RS 33/1991, promulgated 1991-12-23, in force from promulgation):

  • Article 14 URS (equality before the law) — the substantive non-discrimination clause invoked in U-I-284/94 and U-I-246/02 to invalidate the post-erasure legislative vacuum.
  • Article 2 URS (rule of law / načelo pravne države) — operationalised as the principle of trust in law (načelo zaupanja v pravo) in U-I-89/99 and U-I-284/94; the doctrinal anchor for the holding that the 1992 erasure was an impermissible retroactive deprivation of a settled status (SI-SRC-A-008, SI-SRC-B-001).
  • Article 13 URS (rights of foreigners) — extends fundamental-rights protection to non-citizens lawfully present in the territory, providing the constitutional baseline against which the legal-status vacuum of post-erasure ZTuj application was measured (SI-SRC-A-007).
  • Article 160 URS (Constitutional Court jurisdiction) — the jurisdictional foundation for the four-decision IZBRISANI chain via U-I- abstract review and Up- constitutional complaint (SI-SRC-A-015).

Article 60 URS (right of asylum) operates only marginally on this route; IZBRISANI were never asylum-seekers — they were lawful permanent residents of a constituent SFRY republic whose registrations were administratively terminated. The asylum framework engages a parallel pathway (SI-SPC bucket) rather than this route.

2.2 Statutory antecedent: ZDRS Article 40 (the transitional window)

ZDRS Article 40 (Uradni list RS 1/1991-I of 1991-06-25, entry 8; consolidated as ZDRS-UPB2 Uradni list RS 24/2007 entry 1211) established the six-month transitional registration window for…

Competent authority

  1. SI-SRC-A-001 — Ustava Republike Slovenije (URS), Uradni list RS 33/1991, promulgated 1991-12-23 — Articles 2, 14, 22, 60, 160.
  2. SI-SRC-A-002 — Temeljna ustavna listina, Uradni list RS 1/1991-I entry 4 of 1991-06-25 — Section 13 (basis for Up-333/96 transitional rights doctrine).
  3. SI-SRC-A-037 — ZDRS Article 40 (Uradni list RS 1/1991-I entry 8 of 1991-06-25; ZDRS-UPB2 Uradni list RS 24/2007 entry 1211) — transitional window 1991-06-25 → 1991-12-25.
  4. SI-SRC-A-049 — ZUSDDD original (Uradni list RS 61/1999 of 1999-07-30) — Layer 1 of 4-layer redress architecture.
  5. SI-SRC-A-050 — ZUSDDD-UPB (Uradni list RS 76/2010 entry 2647 of 2010-09-24) — consolidated text post ZUSDDD-B.
  6. SI-SRC-A-051 — ZUSDDD Article 1 (covered-class definition; primary statute anchor for this route).
  7. SI-SRC-A-052 — ZUSDDD mechanisms: permanent-residence permit + "posebna odločba za nazaj" retroactive decision.
  8. SI-SRC-A-053 — ZPŠOIRSP (Uradni list RS 99/2013 entry 3547 of 2013-12-03; in force 2014-06-18; terminally closed 2017-06-18).

10.2 Constitutional Court authorities (T1)

  1. SI-SRC-B-001 — U-I-284/94 (1999-02-04) — FIRST IZBRISANI ruling. Paragraph numbers; reference accessed via Statelessness Case Law Database and BAILII Makuc paragraph 118 citation.
  2. SI-SRC-B-002 — U-I-246/02 (2003-04-03) — SECOND IZBRISANI pilot decision, five-part holding.
  3. SI-SRC-B-003 — U-I-89/99 (1999-04-15) — Article 40(3) public-order annulment (paragraphs 4, 14, 15, 16); **NOT IZBRISANI predecessor…

Example scenarios

  • IZBRISANI redress eligibility per ZUSDDD-B 2010 + ZPSOIRSP compensation

    4-layer escalating-sanctions architecture: ZUSDDD 1999 (59/229 = 25.8% success); ZUSDDD-B 2010 (237/1899 first-wave); ZPSOIRSP 2014 (~12,000 of 25,671 cohort); Post-2017 ECtHR-only pathway. 1992-02-26 administrative erasure foundational event.

Informational summary compiled from primary legal sources — not legal advice. Citizenship law changes; verify with the competent authority before acting. Last verified 2026-05-17.

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