Minorities
The largest national minority in Croatia is Serbian minority. Writing about this minority is very interesting for me because Croatian had lived with Serbians in one country, former Yugoslavia and we had big war which had separated two nations. Despite the war that we had and which has started 1991. and finished 1995.,many people with Serbian nationality lives in Croatia.
The protection of minority rights in Croatia is comprehensively assured by the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities (CLNM) that was adopted in December 2002. The country has ratified the majority of international human and minority rights instruments which, once ratified, form part of the internal legal order of Croatia and are in higher rank compared to domestic legislation. ( ACCESS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS COUNTRY REPORT CROATIA, Antonija Petričušić, M.A., “Only the educated are free.” Epictetus (Greek philosopher, cca. 55-135 A.D.), Europäische Akademie Bozen / Accademia Europea Bolzano (EURAC), Bozen / Bolzano) After the elections 2003. The government of the Republic of Croatia went a step further in the protection of national minorities’ rights. Republic of Croatia entered into coalition agreements with the representatives of national minorities and pledged it would take some concrete measures to continually promote the protection of national minorities and solve the remaining open questions that .the national minorities in Croatia are confronted with.
According to the 2011 census there were 186,633 ethnic Serbs living in Croatia, 4.4% of the total population. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbs_of_Croatia ) This number is the number of people who are living in Croatia after the war and comparing with the number of 581,663 people, this number is significantly reduced. (see Table 1) Ethnic Serbs are by far the largest minority and together with Roma population, they are facing with the most discrimination and
The protection of minority rights in Croatia is comprehensively assured by the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities (CLNM) that was adopted in December 2002. The country has ratified the majority of international human and minority rights instruments which, once ratified, form part of the internal legal order of Croatia and are in higher rank compared to domestic legislation. ( ACCESS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS COUNTRY REPORT CROATIA, Antonija Petričušić, M.A., “Only the educated are free.” Epictetus (Greek philosopher, cca. 55-135 A.D.), Europäische Akademie Bozen / Accademia Europea Bolzano (EURAC), Bozen / Bolzano) After the elections 2003. The government of the Republic of Croatia went a step further in the protection of national minorities’ rights. Republic of Croatia entered into coalition agreements with the representatives of national minorities and pledged it would take some concrete measures to continually promote the protection of national minorities and solve the remaining open questions that .the national minorities in Croatia are confronted with.
According to the 2011 census there were 186,633 ethnic Serbs living in Croatia, 4.4% of the total population. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbs_of_Croatia ) This number is the number of people who are living in Croatia after the war and comparing with the number of 581,663 people, this number is significantly reduced. (see Table 1) Ethnic Serbs are by far the largest minority and together with Roma population, they are facing with the most discrimination and