In January 2024, the Slovenian Parliament confirmed an amendment to the National Assembly Election Act, which restores the right to vote to all adult citizens, who were deprived of the right to vote because they were placed under guardianship due to intellectual and psychosocial disabilities or parental rights were extended to their parents.
The law also introduces the right to an assistant who can help these voters at the voting station.
With this change, all adult citizens in Slovenia have the right to vote and be elected.
After several years of efforts by Zveza Sožitje and other Slovenian disability organizations the Slovenian parliament voted to enable active and passive voting rights for all citizens.
The members of the Slovenian Parliament confirmed Act Amending the National Assembly Election Act, with all the votes of all the parliament members present.
They adopted a legal amendment that will no longer deprive anyone of the right to vote as a fundamental human right.
This is a small but important step in the realization of human rights for people with intellectual disabilities in Slovenia.