The right to a trial without undue delay, or the right to a trial within a reasonable time, is one of the fundamental human rights, regulated in Slovenia by the Act on the Protection of the Right to a Trial without Undue Delay. The purpose of this thesis is to assess the adequacy of legal protection in the field and, based on the analyses, to evaluate the effectiveness of legal remedies. This is achieved through an analysis of the legal framework, the application and effects of the Act, as well as statistical data. Within the scope of the review and research, an analysis of primary and secondary sources was used, primarily legislation, professional articles, reports, case law, and statistical data on the duration of proceedings, the number of legal remedies filed, and identified violations.
Within the framework of the research, the key measures of the Act that contribute to reducing the number of violations of the right at the national level are identified, along with a review of statistical data on the number of legal remedies filed, which show a decline and confirm that the decrease in acceleration remedies correlates with shorter duration of proceedings. Based on the analysis of statistical data, positive long-term effects of the Act are established, which, according to the available data, suggest a probable connection between the adoption of the Act and the reduction in the number of identified violations of the right to a trial within a reasonable time.
The content of this thesis contributes to the understanding of the regulation of the field at the national level and before the European Court of Human Rights, while the empirical part, based on statistical data, shows the trend in the filing of legal remedies within the framework of exercising the right. The work can primarily serve as a tool for individuals who wish to become acquainted with the field, and, given the theoretical part with its extensive elaboration in the empirical section, it may also provide a basis for further analyses of the field or the Act.
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