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Croatian Constitutional law on national minorities rights

Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia
Ustavni zakon o pravima nacionalnih manjina
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Ratified 23 December 2002

The Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ustavni zakon o pravima nacionalnih manjina) is constitutional law which defines rights of national minorities in Croatia. Law entered into force on 23 December 2002. It is hierarchically under the Constitution of Croatia and must comply with it, but above ordinary state laws and decisions and above statutes and decisions of lower levels of government which all must be in accordance with this law. Additionally, two special laws were created to define rights regarding education in minority languages and specific rights on the usage of minority language in public life (Law on Use of Languages and Scripts of National Minorities and The Law on Education in language and script of national minorities). Additionally, Constitution of Croatia itself have articles directly relating to protection of National Minorities, and list traditional minorities in Croatia.

In December 1991 Croatian Parliament adopted the "Constitutional Law on Human Rights and Freedoms and Rights of National and Ethnic Communities or Minorities in the Republic of Croatia" which was prerequisite for international recognition of Croatia.

From period of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Croatia inherited and recognized relatively high level of protection of collective minority rights. Problem arose with protection of rights of "new minorities", respectively members of other six constituent nations of former state excluding Croats (Serbs, Slovenes, Bosniaks, Macedonians and Montenegrins). The problem was especially pronounced with Serbs of Croatia that had status of sovereign people within Socialist Republic of Croatia.


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