The European Court upheld the judgment in the "Kuric and Others v. Slovenia" case, which the Slovenian government had appealed, and recognised the right of six of the 11 "erased" to damages in the amount of 20,000 euros, said Delo.
Also, the Court indicated that the Slovenian government should, within one year, set up an ad hoc domestic compensation scheme for the "erased".
Despite efforts made since 1999, after the Constitutional Court ruled that there were no legal grounds to "erase" nearly 26,000 non-Slovenians from the former Yugoslav republics, the Slovenian authorities have not found an integral and swift solution to the issue and eliminated the grave consequences sustained by the damaged parties, the European Court of Human Rights found.
The Court expects the Slovenian government to adopt measures and laws that will enable the "erased" non-Slovenians to retroactively reclaim the right to nationality, the press said.
Parliamentary parties are very reserved about the judgement because of the damages Slovenia might have to pay, while the government has said that it will comment on the judgement after studying it, Slovenian media said.
Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec has said that Slovenia, as a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights, must honour the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, that the verdict must be studied carefully and its recommendations taken into account so that a solution is found to the issue of the "erased" non-Slovenians.