▶️▶️▶️ SPACE ANNOUNCEMENT ◀️◀️◀️
Tuesday, June 16th 2026 at 21:00 CET
Guest: Maria Velikonja
@slovhistorytour
(in English 🇺🇸🇬🇧)
links:
slovenianhistoricaltours.com
facebook.com/maria.velikonja…
facebook.com/maria.velikonja…
Space Series: Human Rights in Slovenia 🇸🇮
Part 01: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Why Democracy Has Not Worked in Slovenia
Maria’s background:
- author
- attorney
- former prosecutor
- former FBI agent
- former ICTY investigator (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia)
- former trainer for police and prosecutor in developing democracies (transitioning from communism) (on Why police must understand human rights)
- worked with American Bar Association to develop new criminal codes in 25 countries
- expert on human trafficking investigations
- co-authored first law enforcement manual for southeastern Europe in 2002
You are most welcome to share this tweet and send us questions in advance.
Space is planned to last 1 hour. 2nd part (30 min) could be your question so put them in comments and they might get asked :)
Maria herself, history of the family in moving from Slovenia to USA, grandad Narte Velikonja (
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narte_…) and the mass killings of communists after the 2nd WW, career, Slovenia, democracy, work for FBI, ICTY ...
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