Law on Use of Languages and Scripts of National Minorities

Law on Use of Languages and Scripts of National Minorities
Zakon o uporabi jezika i pisma nacionalnih manjina

Law on Use of Languages and Scripts of National Minorities (Croatian: Zakon o uporabi jezika i pisma nacionalnih manjina) is law which defines use of minority languages in Croatia. Additionally Croatian Constitutional law on national minorities rights and The Law on Education in language and script of national minorities explicitly define rights on usage of minority languages in Croatia.[1]

Rights

Serbian language as co-official minority language in municipalities in Croatia

Local governments to which this law applies (Municipalities of Croatia with at least one third of members of ethnic minoritiy or municipality where right is defined by international agreement) are required to explicitly prescribe equal official use of minority language or script throughout its territory, regulate in detail realization of those rights and expressly prescribe all particular rights guaranteed by Law on Use of Languages and Scripts of National Minorities.[2] They are required to define these rights in their local statutes.[2]

Implementation

In April 2015 United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged Croatia to ensure the right of minorities to use their language and alphabet.[3] Committee report stated that particularly concerns the use of Serbian Cyrillic in the town of Vukovar and municipalities concerned.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Serb Democratic Forum. "Provedba Ustavnog zakona o pravima nacionalnih manjina u jedinicama lokalne i područne (regionalne) samouprave" (PDF) (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 Ministry of Public Administration. "NAPUTAK ZA DOSLJEDNU PROVEDBU ZAKONA O UPORABI JEZIKA I PISMA NACIONALNIH MANJINA U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ" (PDF) (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 B92 (3 April 2015). "UN calls on Croatia to ensure use of Serbian Cyrillic". Retrieved 2015-04-11.
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