TFL Vsebine / Revija Javna uprava

Avtohtoni italijanski narodni skupnosti je v Republiki Sloveniji zagotovljeno uveljavljanje vseh pravic iz Ustave RS in mednarodnih pogodb tako, kot je to določeno v Temeljni ustavni listini o samostojnosti in neodvisnosti Republike Slovenije k Ustavi RS. V slovenskem pravnem redu je varstvo italijanske narodne skupnosti urejeno predvsem s področnimi zakoni (Zakon o javni rabi slovenščine, Zakon o državni upravni, Zakon o splošnem upravnem postopku itd.). Prispevek obravnava način uporabe italijanskega jezika pred državnimi organi, organiziranosti italijanske narodne skupnosti v RS, dejansko stanje poslovanja uradnih organov v jeziku italijanske narodne skupnosti in težave, s katerimi se ta sooča pri ohranjanju narodne identitete. Bistven namen prispevka je prikazati prepogoste posege Ustavnega sodišča in inšpekcijskega nadzora za potrebe spoštovanja ustavnopravnih pravic in neurejeno dvojezično poslovanje upravnih organov na območjih občin, v katerih prebivajo pripadniki italijanske narodne skupnosti. Pripadniki italijanske skupnosti se kljub dobremu zakonskemu varstvu za ohranjanje narodne identitete in procesne garancije v upravnem postopku soočajo z veliko težavami.

Autochthonous Italian National Community in the Republic of Slovenia (hereinafter referred to as RS) is guaranteed all rights under the Constitution RS and international treaties as provided for in the Basic Constitutional Charter on the Independence and Sovereignty of the Republic of Slovenia. Under the Slovenian legal and regulatory framework, the protection of the Italian National Community is covered mainly by sectoral laws (i.e. Law on Public Usage of Slovenian Language, State Administration law, The Law on Administrative Procedure etc.) and one Regulation on administrative procedures. The article addresses the usage of Italian language before public authorities, particularly the actual activity of administration offices, the organization of the Italian National Minority in Slovenia and the adversaries confronted when preserving national identity. The key purpose of this paper is to prove the need to repeatedly involve the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia to interpret the Constitution and the Public Sector Inspectorate – a body under the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia; and low usage of the Italian language before the administrative bodies due to poor knowledge and/or complete lack of Italian documentation needed for administrative procedures. It seems that the Italian National Community members in spite of a sound regulatory framework, in preserving national identity, have to encounter numerous difficulties in order to ensure a treatment by the public authorities in accordance with the rule of law.

Utilization of Italian National Community’s Language in the Public Administration