Croatia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 22, 1990; amended several times, last in 2014
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- civil law system influenced by the legal heritage of Austria-Hungary; has not submitted to the jurisdiction of the ICJ
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral Assembly (Hrvatski Sabor)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (composed of the president and vice president of the court, 25 judges from the civil department and 16 judges from the criminal department); administrative court; provincial, municipal, and specialized courts
RELIGIONS
Roman Catholic 86.3%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.5%, non-religious or atheist 3.8% (estimate 2011)
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2009CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2008CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Croatia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2006CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
UN TRIBUNAL TRANSFERS FIRST CASES TO CROATIA
the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague decided to transfer to Croatia the cases of two generals charged with killing Serb civilians in 1993, the first such referral to Croatia by the court.
- APRIL 20, 2005CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Croatia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- MARCH 4, 2005CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
CROATIA. REPRESENTATIVES OF HANDS OFF CAIN AND OF THE TRANSNATIONAL RADICAL PARTY VISIT THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
the President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic gave his approval to the initiatives presented by Hands Off Cain and the Transnational Radical Party, engaged in bringing about a universal moratorium on executions, and gave his support to efforts for the obtainment
- MARCH 3, 2005CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
CROATIA. ROUND TABLE FOR RELAUNCH OF UN MORATORIUM
European states must work towards United Nations approval of an anti death penalty resolution.
- MARCH 2, 2005CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
CROATIA. HOC PRESENTS THE «AFRICA PROJECT» IN ZAGREB
in light of last year’s session of the UN Commission on Human Rights and the initiative to adopt the UN Resolution for a moratorium on executions, the Governmental Office for Human Rights of the Republic of Croatia has organised a round table discussion o
- JANUARY 1, 2005CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- MAY 20, 2004CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador...
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador to Croatia to discuss how Croatia could help solving the problem of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya after they were convicted of deliberately infecti