IV        Implementation of the articles of the Convention

IV.V

Article 7

The Parties shall ensure respect for the right of every person belonging to a national minority to freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of association, freedom of expression, and freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

National legislation (pursuant to the Article 7 of the FCNM):

The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia

Article 42

Everyone shall be guaranteed the right of public assembly and peaceful protest, in conformity with law.

Article 43

(1) Everyone shall be guaranteed the right to freedom of association for the purposes of protection of their interests or promotion of their social, economic, political, national, cultural and other convictions and objectives. For this purpose, everyone may freely form trade unions and other associations, join them or leave them, in conformity with law.

(2) The exercise of this right shall be restricted by the prohibition of any violent threat to the democratic constitutional order and independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Republic of Croatia.

Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities

Article 7 tc 5 & 7 (see under Item IV.II National legislation); Article 15 (see under Item IV.III National legislation)

Law on Associations

Comments on the implementation of the Article 7 of the FCNM:

- The authorities of the Republic of Croatia respected, without discrimination, the rights of all citizens and in the same sense the rights of persons belonging to national minorities, to freedom of peaceful gathering and assembling, freedom of speech, conscience and religion.[1]