Highest court of Croatia in matters of constitutional law
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske
Established
15 February 1964 (in SR Croatia)[1] 25 July 1990 (in Croatia)[1]
Location
St. Mark's Square, Zagreb
Composition method
Elected by the Croatian Parliament with qualified majority
Authorized by
Constitution of the Republic of Croatia
Judge term length
Eight years (renewable once)
Number of positions
13
Website
usud.hr
President of the Constitutional Court
Currently
Miroslav Šeparović since 13 June 2016
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Politics of Croatia
Constitution
Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia
Executive
President (list)
Zoran Milanović
Cabinet (list)
Prime Minister: Andrej Plenković
Legislative
Sabor(parliament)
Speaker: Gordan Jandroković
Current members
Opposition
Leader: Peđa Grbin
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Constitutional Court
State's Attorney Office
National Judicial Council
Political parties in Sabor
Bloc for Croatia (BLOK)
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
Croatian Demochristian Party (HDS)
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS-LD)
Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU)
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)
Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
Croatian Sovereignists (HS)
Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (DZMH)
Homeland Movement (DP)
Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS)
Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS)
New Left (NL)
People's Party - Reformists (NS-R)
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
The Bridge (MOST)
We can! (Možemo)
Workers' Front (RF)
Elections and referendums
Recent elections
Presidential: 2014–15
2019–20
2024
Parliamentary:
2020
2024
Local: 2017
2021
European: 2014
2019
2024
Recent referendums
1991 (independence)
2012 (EU membership)
2013 (constitution)
Administrative divisions
Counties (Županije)
Towns (Gradovi)
Municipalities (Općine)
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
Minister: Gordan Grlić-Radman
Diplomatic missions of / in Croatia
Passport
Visa requirements
Politics of the European Union
Croatia portal
Other countries
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The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske) is an institution that acts as the interpreter and guardian of the Croatian Constitution and which monitors the conformity of laws with the Constitution as well as protection of human rights and freedoms of citizens that are guaranteed by the Constitution. It is considered to be de facto the highest judicial authority because it can overturn Supreme Court decisions on the basis of constitutional breaches. It is not considered as being part of the judicial branch of government, but rather a court sui generis, and it is therefore often colloquially referred to as a "fourth branch of government", alongside the traditional model of tripartite separation of powers into the executive (Government/President of the Republic), legislative (Parliament) and judicial (Supreme Court) branches.[2][3]
^ ab"Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^Čepulo Dalibor, Croatian legal history in the European context from the Middle Ages to modern times, Zagreb, 2012.
^Margetić Lujo- Sirotković H., History of State and Law of peoples Yugoslavia, Rijeka-Zagreb, 1990;
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