Legislation

THE CONSTITUTION OF CROATIA
The Croatian Constitution is a unique general legal act of the highest legal force in the Republic of Croatia which contains an overwhelming number of constitutional norms. Brought by the Croatian Parliament on 22 December 1990, it is called the Christmas Constitution. It contains 147 articles in nine parts, and is therefore one of the shortest of the European Constitutions. The Historical Foundations of the Croatian Constitution state that the Republic of Croatia is established as the national state of the Croatian people and the state of national minorities: Serbs, Czechs, Slovaks, Italians, Hungarians, Jews, Germans, Austrians, Ukrainians, Russians, Bosnians, Slovenes, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Russians, Bulgarians, Poles, Roma, Romanians, Turks, Vlachs, Albanians and others, who are its citizens, who are guaranteed equality with the citizens of Croatian nationality and the realization of national rights in accordance with the democratic norms of the United Nations and the countries of the free world.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF CROATIA
National minorities, in terms of the Constitutional Law on National Minorities, are groups of Croatian citizens whose members are traditionally settled on the Croatian territory, and who have ethnic, linguistic and / or religious characteristics different from other citizens and who wish to preserve these characteristics. In order to improve the implementation of the Constitutional Law in June 2008, Croatia adopted the Action Plan for the implementation of the Constitutional Law on National Minorities.

Relevant laws related to national minorities:

The law on the use of languages and scripts of national minorities in the Republic of Croatia ("Official Gazette", no. 51/2000.);
Law on Identity Card ("Official Gazette", no. 11/02. And 122/02.);
Law on Education in the language and script of national minorities ("Official Gazette" no. 51/00. And 56/00.);
Law on the Legal Status of Religious Communities ("Official Gazette", no. 83/02.);
The Electronic Media Act ("Official Gazette", no. 153/09.);
The Law on Croatian Radio-Television ("Official Gazette" no. 137/10.);
The Law on the Election of Members of the Croatian Parliament ("Official Gazette", no. 116/99., 109/00., 53/03., 69/03. - Revised text, 167/03., 44/06., 19 / 07 and 145/10.);
The Law on the State Administration ("Official Gazette" no. 75/93., 92/96., 48/99., 15/00., 127/00., 59/01., 199/03. And 79/07 .);
The Law on Local and Regional (Regional) Self-Government ("Official Gazette", no. 33/01., 60/01. - Authentic interpretation, 129/05., 109/07., 125/08., And 36/09.) ;
The law on the election of members of representative bodies of local and regional (regional) governments (,, Official Gazette '', no. 33/01., 10/02., 155/02., 45/03., 43/04., 40 / 05th, 44/05. - consolidated text, and 109/07.);
The law on the election of heads of municipalities, mayors, county prefects and the Mayor of the City of Zagreb ("Official Gazette", no. 109/07. 125/08 and.);
The Law on Civil Servants ("Official Gazette" no. 92/05., 107/07. And 8.27.);
The Law on Civil Servants and Employees in local and regional (regional) self-government ("Official Gazette", no. 86/08.);
Courts Act ("Official Gazette", no. 122 / 10.- consolidated version);
The Law on Public Prosecution ("Official Gazette", no. 76/09., 153/09., 116/10. And 145/10.);
Anti-discrimination Act ("Official Gazette", no. 85/08.);
The Criminal Code ("Official Gazette" no. 110/97.) And
Law on Census, households and dwellings in the Republic of Croatia ("Official Gazette", no. 92/10).

The Croatian Constitution