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| Croatia | Government Council for Human Rights |
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Established in December 2021, the council is an interdepartmental advisory body of the government focusing on human rights issues. The tasks of the council are:
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| Croatia | Hate Crimes Monitoring Working Group |
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In 2021, the Office for Human Rights and the Rights of National Minorities drafted and adopted the new Protocol on the Procedure in Cases of Hate Crimes, a non-normative act defining the obligations of competent authorities involved in the detection, handling and monitoring of results of processing hate crimes. The protocol also contains provisions regarding the composition and competence of the Hate Crimes Monitoring Working Group(Articles 16–19), the manner and nature of cooperation among competent authorities, and the other activities of these bodies. According to the protocol’s provisions, the Office for Human Rights and the Rights of National Minorities is the central body for collecting and publishing data on hate crimes. It is also the body responsible for strengthening the system for combating hate crimes and cooperating with civil society and international organisations. The Office for Human Rights and the Rights of National Minorities periodically submits statistical data on hate crimes to the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of theOrganizationfor Security and Co-operation in Europe. |
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| Croatia | Human Rights Council of the Ombudsperson of the Republic of Croatia |
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The council enhances the ombudsperson’s cooperation with civil society, the academic community and the media. It is an advisory body that considers and proposes strategic guidelines on promoting human rights and freedoms, ensures continuous cooperation in this area between the ombudsperson, civil society, the academic community and the media, and considers other issues of importance for the work of the ombudsperson in this area. Members of the council meet at least twice a year. The meetings are an opportunity for civil-society organisations and academic representatives to discuss the ombudsperson’s annual reports and recommendations to public bodies, and also for them to propose topics and issues to be covered by the ombudsperson’s thematic reports and analysis. Council members cooperate bilaterally with the ombudsperson on their human rights promotion activities and take part in activities organised by the ombudsperson. |
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