Slovenia v. Croatia: The First EU Inter-State Case before the ECtHR

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Janja Hojnik is an Associate Law Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Maribor, Slovenia and the Jean Monnet Chair. Her main research interests lay in the field of EU economic law, whereas she also acts as an occasional legal advisor to the Slovenian Government on various EU law issues (e.g. Brexit, EU law aspects of SFRY succession).

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Slovenia v. Croatia: The First EU Inter-State Case before the ECtHR

October 17, 2016

Janja Hojnik

On 15 September 2016 the Government of Slovenia lodged an inter-State application against the Republic of Croatia before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), related to the claims of Ljubljanska banka towards Croatian companies. Pursuant to Article 33 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), the Republic of Slovenia informed the Court that…