Constitution of the Republic of Croatia 1990, as amended to 2014
Jurisdiction and Access
  • English
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    If the President of the Republic holds that a promulgated law does not conform with the Constitution, he/she may institute proceedings to review the constitutionality of such law before the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia. (Art. 89)
  • Croatian
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    Ako Predsjednik Republike smatra da proglašeni zakon nije u skladu s Ustavom može pokrenuti postupak za ocjenu ustavnosti zakona pred Ustavnim sudom Republike Hrvatske. (Članak 89)
Jurisdiction and Access
  • English
    The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia:
    - shall decide on the compliance of laws with the Constitution;
    - shall decide on the compliance of other regulations with the Constitution and laws;
    - may decide on the constitutionality of laws and the constitutionality and legality of other regulations which are no longer valid, provided that less than one year has elapsed from the moment of such cessation until the filing of a request or a proposal to institute proceedings;
    - shall decide on constitutional complaints against individual decisions taken by state bodies, bodies of local and regional self-government and legal persons vested with public authority where such decisions violate human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as the right to local and regional self-government guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia;
    - shall monitor compliance with the Constitution and laws and shall report to the Croatian Parliament on detected violations thereof
    - shall decide on jurisdictional disputes between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches;
    - shall decide, in conformity with the Constitution, on the impeachment of the President of the Republic;
    - shall monitor compliance of the platforms and activities of political parties with the Constitution and may, in compliance with the Constitution, ban non-compliant parties;
    - shall monitor whether elections and referenda are conducted in compliance with the Constitution and laws and shall resolve electoral disputes falling outside the jurisdiction of the courts;
    - shall perform other duties specified by the Constitution. (Art. 125)
  • Croatian
    Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske:
    - odlučuje o suglasnosti zakona s Ustavom;
    - odlučuje o suglasnosti drugih propisa s Ustavom i zakonom;
    - može ocjenjivati ustavnost zakona te ustavnost i zakonitost drugih propisa koji su prestali važiti ako od tog prestanka do podnošenja zahtjeva ili prijedloga za pokretanje postupka nije prošlo više od godine dana,
    - odlučuje povodom ustavnih tužbi protiv pojedinačnih odluka državnih tijela, tijela jedinica lokalne i područne (regionalne) samouprave te pravnih osoba s javnim ovlastima kad su tim odlukama povrijeđena ljudska prava i temeljne slobode, kao i pravo na lokalnu i područnu (regionalnu) samoupravu zajamčeni Ustavom Republike Hrvatske,
    - prati ostvarivanje ustavnosti i zakonitosti te o uočenim pojavama neustavnosti I nezakonitosti izvješćuje Hrvatski sabor
    - rješava sukob nadležnosti između tijela zakonodavne, izvršne i sudbene vlasti;
    - odlučuje, u skladu s Ustavom, o odgovornosti predsjednika Republike;
    - nadzire ustavnost programa I djelovanja političkih stranaka i može, u skladu s Ustavom, zabraniti njihov rad;
    - nadzire ustavnost i zakonitost izbora i državnog referenduma i rješava izborne sporove koji nisu u djelokrugu sudova;
    - obavlja druge poslove određene Ustavom. (Članak 125)
Jurisdiction and Access
  • English
    The procedure and conditions for the appointment of justices of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia and the termination of their office, the conditions and time limits for instituting proceedings for the assessment of constitutionality and legality, the procedure and legal effects of its decisions, the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution, and other issues vital to the performance of the duties and work of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia shall be regulated by a constitutional act.
    Such constitutional act shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure determined for amending the Constitution.
    … (Art. 127)
  • Croatian
    Postupak i uvjeti za izbor sudaca Ustavnog suda Republike Hrvatske i prestanak njihove dužnosti, uvjeti i rokovi za pokretanje postupka ocjene ustavnosti i zakonitosti, postupak i pravno djelovanje njegovih odluka, zaštita ljudskih prava i temeljnih sloboda zajamčenih Ustavom i druga pitanja važna za izvršavanje dužnosti i rad Ustavnog suda Republike Hrvatske uređuju se ustavnim zakonom.
    Ustavni zakon donosi se po postupku određenome za promjenu Ustava.
    … (Članak 127)
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