FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS – A BRIEF COUNTRY REPORT (SLOVENIA)

Abstract

The paper aims to describe the practice of using facial recognition technology and the impact it has on human rights in Slovenia. For this purpose, a case was used when public suspicion arose that the police were using facial recognition technology to identify participants in anti-government protests. The conclusion reached in the paper is that the Slovenian regulation on the use of automatic facial recognition systems seems proportionate, while some questions such as "is this technology necessary in a democratic society" remain open.