Legislation in the Member States of the Council of Europe in the Field of Violence Against Women, prepared in part by Jill Radford, United Kingdom, for the Council of Europe's Steering Committee for Equality Between Men and Women, March 2004 (Doc. EG 2004 2).
This report details national legislation dealing with violence against women in 38 of the 45 Council of Europe member states. In 1995, the Council requested member states to complete a questionnaire on relevant legislation, and subsequent research completed by the Council allowed for a survey of the varying legislation of member states. The report consists of two volumes, ending with a list of good practices and effective legislation prohibiting violence against women. Pages 119-127 of Volume II contain information on Slovenia.

2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Slovenia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 28 February 2005.
Section 5 of the report contains a paragraph on the status of women in Slovenia, and a subsection on trafficking.

Epidemiological Facts Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Slovenia, UNAIDS, WHO and UNICEF, 2002. (PDF, 13 pages).
This report provides statistical and behavioural information on HIV/AIDS in Slovenia.

A Form of Slavery: Trafficking in Women in OSCE Member States, The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, prepared for the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings, Vienna, 19 June 2000. (Available in PDF and HTML, 91 pages).
This report is based on information gathered through questionnaires and contains data on such issues as existing legislation, government policies and NGO initiatives, and victim support services for twenty-nine countries, including Serbia and Montenegro.

A Human Rights Report on Trafficking of Persons, Especially Women and Children: Slovenia, The Protection Project, March 2002.
This report describes the situation of trafficking in Slovenia. The report also describes domestic and international law on trafficking in Slovenia.

Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective - Violence Against Women, Addendum 1, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 27 Feb. 2003. (PDF, 435 pages). 
This report has information regarding rape, prostitution and domestic violence against women in Slovenia. Information on Slovenia can be found on page 384.

National Action Plans for the Integration of Rural Women in Development: Case Studies in Hungary and Slovenia, Women in Development Service, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, 1997.
This report describes the status of rural women in Slovenia, relevant laws and services, related government institutions, and the action plan.

Overview of the Socio-Economic Position of Rural Women in Selected Central and Eastern European Countries - Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, Food and Agriculture Organisation, 1996. 
This report examines the role of rural women on the farm and in the family, their participation in education, training, and services, their knowledge of home economics, their level of household technology, problems, priorities, social security and legal issues they face, and domestic research and development programs on rural women. Section 10.8 specifically addresses Slovenia.

Republic of Slovenia's National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis by the end of 2002, Government Office of the Republic of Slovenia for European Affairs, May 1999.
Section 3.5.1 discusses the Slovene government's efforts in the area of employment and social affairs. Equality between women and men in the workplace is to be addressed through the Labour Relations Act, the Parenthood and Family Earnings Act, and the Equal Opportunities Act.

Women 2000 - An Investigation into the Status of Women's Rights in Central and South-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 5 November 2000. (PDF, 16 pages).
This report describes the situation of domestic violence, trafficking in persons, sexual abuse and sexual harassment in Slovenia. It also discusses the legal framework surrounding these issues.

2003 Country Report on Human Rights Practices: Slovenia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 25 February 2004.
This report has sections on the status of women and trafficking in persons in Slovenia.

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