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
- APRIL 17, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatian President Stipe Mesic said that the Hague...
Croatian President Stipe Mesic said that the Hague war crimes tribunal would not have had to investigate claims of war crimes in Croatia, if state mechanisms had functioned properly under his predecessor, the late President Franjo Tudjman
- APRIL 14, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
A retired Croatian Army colonel, Martin Jendrasic,...
A retired Croatian Army colonel, Martin Jendrasic, said that in autumn 1991 the Croatian military police were hunting down Serbs throughout the town of Gospic and taking them to execution grounds where they were executed by firing squads
- JANUARY 1, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Croatia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- JANUARY 1, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The Croatian Constitution at Art
The Croatian Constitution at Art
- APRIL 28, 1999CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Croatia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The Croatian Constitution at Art
The Croatian Constitution at Art