Original scientific paper
Model of the Realization of Ethnic Rights of National Minorities in The Republic of Croatia
Siniša Tatalović
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Mila Šimić
; Government of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
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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Hrčak ID:
105426
URI
Publication date:
6.2.1998.
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