Model of the Realization of Ethnic Rights of National Minorities in The Republic of Croatia
Model of the Realization of Ethnic Rights of National Minorities in The Republic of Croatia

Summary/Abstract: The authors deal with the model of the realization of ethnic rights of national minorities in the Republic of Croatia. In the states in transition, these rights — whether ethnic, religious or linguistic — have from the very beginning stood in the way of a broader democratization of the society. The issue of administrative regulation and practical realization of the freedoms and rights of national minorities is an important measure and test of the degree of the democratization of a society, and the accomplishment of this goal one of the requirements for economic and political integration into European institutions. The Republic of Croatia, aware of this, and immediately upon gaining independence, not only provided for the continuation of the rights of the national minorities but also began defining a new — for a democratic state more appropriate — model of the realization of minority rights.

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