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The Right to Political Representation for Members of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia, 1990–2004

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The Right to Political Representation for Members of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia, 1990–2004The goal of this article is to analyse the changes in the normative regulations concerning the political representation of members of national minorities in the Republic of Croatia in 1990–2004. These regulations are contrasted with their practical use. Furthermore, attention is turned to the political dimension of these issues, visible through the incessant amendments to regulations. The period from 1990 to 2004 was selected due to the fact that the first legal regulations governing this question were introduced in the Republic of Croatia in 1990, while 2004 saw the final constitution of the last bodies representing this group of citizens provided by law. Moreover, the author aims to prove that normative regulations on their own – even if favourable for minorities – are never sufficient to speak about protection of minority rights, if the good will to respect them in practice is missing. Prawo do reprezentacji politycznej dla czlonków mniejszosci narodowych w Republice Chorwacji w latach 1990–2004Artykul analizuje zmiany w regulacjach normatywnych dotyczacych politycznej reprezentacji czlonków mniejszosci narodowych w Republice Chorwacji w latach 1990–2004. Okres ten zostal wybrany z uwagi na fakt, iz w roku 1990 wprowadzono pierwsze regulacje normujace te kwestie, natomiast w 2004 roku ostatecznie ukonstytuowaly sie ostatnie ustawowo przewidziane organy reprezentujace te grupe obywateli. Celem autorki jest skontrastowanie regulacji na poziomie normatywnym z praktyka ich przestrzegania oraz pokazanie, iz same gwarancje normatywne nigdy nie sa wystarczajace, aby mozna bylo mówic o rzeczywistym zapewnieniu praw obywatelom. Ponadto uwaga zostala zwrócona na polityzacje tej problematyki, czego przejawem byly niewatpliwe ciagle zmiany przepisów.

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