Prohibition of Approach

Abstract

The Republic of Slovenia has recently instituted a new law which allows for restraining orders to be used for persons or places (for the continuation of protecting those who are at risk) which is now entrenched in the Law of Penal Proceedings and in the Law of the Police.

In the penal-justice sense a restraining order is a measure, in which the court assures us that; the accused will not ruin the trail of punishable activities, influence the witnesses, participants or conceal or repeat punishable activities; try finishing their punishable activities or commit punishable activities in which causes harm.

The same law exists within the Law of the Police, and therefore the police can declare to a person; who perpetrated a. crime zoith the element of violence or was caught in such a crime which leaves reason for suspicion or in zohich a life could be jeopardized; personal safety, or liberty of a person, in which there is or was in a similar circumstances. Irrespective of the fact that restraining orders can solve the problems of family violence, it also goes zvithout forgetting, that zoith the stated measures police, intervention is a fundamental part of the zvhole. society, also family, and the foundations of human rights and the rights of people's private lives, rights of private property, etc.

In contribution to the author please give your thoughts and express open questions about restraining orders on the subject of rights of offenders.