Fiches Belges: Slovenia

Is this measure possible in your Member State under International Judicial Cooperation?

Yes. When the establishment or evaluation of an important fact requires obtaining a diagnosis and opinion from a person who possesses the necessary professional knowledge, an order is issued to obtain such evidence from experts, including experts in the psychiatric profession.

International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State

Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union; European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters with Additional Protocols; Bilateral Agreemets.

* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation

Depending on the stage of criminal proceedings, during the phase before the criminal proceedings and during the ivestigation it is either the investigating judge or the judge who conducts the trial.

* execute/recognise the measure (if other than the receiving authority)

N/A

Accepted languages for the request/decision

Slovenian/English

Deadlines for the execution of the request/decision (where applicable)

N/A

a. Special requirements

N/A

b. Other useful information

The judge issues a decree ordering an expert evaluation to be made, usually indicating in the order the name of the expert who, as a rule, is chosen from among the permanent, sworn-in court expert witnesses in a particular professional area. If a more complex expert evaluation is necessary, it is also possible to order the expert evaluation to be made by a particular institution or a group of experts. A person that is to be examined by a psychiatric expert is summoned to the examination by the expert himself. If he or she does not respond to the summons, an order can be issued for the police to bring him to the expert.