CONTENTS SADRŽAJ
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SAŽETAK................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.
INTRODUCTION
UVOD....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
1.1
Scope and definitions used
Područje primjene i definicije................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
1.2 Methodology
Metodologija.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
2.
UNDERSTANDING STATELESSNESS
SHVAĆANJE BEZDRŽAVLJANSTVA...............................................................................................................................................................10
3.
INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ON STATELESSNESS
MEĐUNARODNI I REGIONALNI PRAVNI INSTRUMENTI O BEZDRŽAVLJANSTVU..........................................................................12
3.1 International instruments and their position in the Croatian legal order
Međunarodni instrumenti i njihov položaj u hrvatskom pravnom poretku...............................................................................................................14
3.2 Regional instruments regarding statelessness
Regionalni instrumenti o bezdržavljanstvu.......................................................................................................................................................................15
4.
STATELESSNESS UNDER THE CROATIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
BEZDRŽAVLJANSTVO U HRVATSKOM PRAVNOM PORETKU...............................................................................................................18
4.1 Historical overview
Povijesni pregled................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
4.2 Acquiring Croatian nationality today
Stjecanje hrvatskog državljanstva danas.........................................................................................................................................................................30
4.3 Loss of Croatian nationality
Gubitak hrvatskog državljanstva........................................................................................................................................................................................ 52
4.4 Procedures regarding Croatian nationality
Postupci o hrvatskom državljanstvu................................................................................................................................................................................. 56
4.5 Legal remedies in procedures regarding stateless persons (and other foreigners)
Pravni lijekovi u postupcima povezanim s osobama bez državljanstva (i drugim strancima).............................................................................61
4.6 A summary of the analysis of the Croatian Citizenship Act
Sažetak analize Zakona o hrvatskom državljanstvu......................................................................................................................................................64
5. DETERMINATION OF STATELESSNESS AND RIGHTS OF STATELESS PERSONS
Utvrđivanje bezdržavljanstva i prava osoba bez državljanstva..............................................................................................................66
5.1 The status of stateless persons in relation to the Foreigners Acts in Croatia
Status osoba bez državljanstva u odnosu na Zakon o strancima u Hrvatskoj.......................................................................................................67
5.2 Rights of stateless persons and of those seeking recognition
Prava osoba bez državljanstva i osoba koje traže priznavanje..................................................................................................................................72
5.3 Lack of a statelessness determination procedure and the
identification of stateless persons in other existing procedures
Nepostojanje postupka utvrđivanja bezdržavljanstva i utvrđivanje identiteta
osoba bez državljanstva u drugim postojećim postupcima........................................................................................................................................76
6.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ZAKLJUČCI I PREPORUKE...............................................................................................................................................................................82
BIBLIOGRAPHY
POPIS IZVORA................................................................................................................................................................................................................86
ANNEXES
PRILOZI............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 92
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