 | Legal Framework on Child Abduction in Slovenia and Croatia
21/07/2017
Slovenia
(1) Whoever unlawfully abducts a minor from his/her parent, adoptive parent, guardian, institution or from a person to whom the minor has been entrusted, or whoever detains a minor or prevents him/her from living with the person he/she is entitled to live with, or whoever malevolently prevents the implementation of an enforceable judgement referring to a minor shall be issued a fine or sentenced to imprisonment of not more than one year.
(2) In the event of a suspension of sentence, the court may place a proviso on the suspension by ordering the perpetrator to relinquish a minor to the rightful claimant or to make possible the implementation of an enforceable judgement referring to the minor. (3) If the perpetrator under paragraph 1 of the present Article has relinquished a minor to the rightful claimant of his/her own free will and made possible the implementation of the enforceable judgement, his/her punishment may be remitted.
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/CRC/StudyViolenceChildren/Responses/Slovenia.pdf
A Slovenian non-governmental organisation, which is specialized in child abduction, is Društvo Ostržek.
Croatia
The basic principles of Croatian legislation in regard to family relations and child protection are determined by the Constitution of the Republic. The Family Law of the Republic of Croatia of 1999 is the applicable law in all parental abduction cases. According to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Croatia adopted in 1997, child abduction or abduction of a dependent, as well as the failure to take the measures to protect the child or the dependent, is punishable by a fine or imprisonment for a period of up to 3 years. it is also to be noted that Croatia acceded to the Convention of the civil aspects of international child abduction in 1991.
http://www.kinder-nach-hause.de/docs/croatia.pdfSlovenia
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