Anti-minority referendum in Croatia to go to the Constitutional Court for review
▻http://www.minorityrights.org/12252/press-releases/antiminority-referendum-in-croatia-to-go-to-the-constitutional-court
Minority Rights Group Europe (MRG) is concerned that the recent demand for a referendum to limit the use of minority languages in public life in Croatia could, if successful, lead to an infringement of key rights. It would disproportionately affect, in particular, the Serbian minority. The referendum claim initiated by a group of Vukovar citizens led by some war veterans should be assessed by the Constitutional Court before any further action is taken, says the international human rights organization.
Croatia is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual country, home to minorities such Albanians, Bosniaks, Czechs, Hungarians, Italians, Roma, Serbs and Slovenes, with Serbs being the largest ethnic minority group. The Serbian population of Vukovar exceeded one third according to the 2011 Croatian census, which was a prerequisite to implement the Constitutional Law on the Rights of Ethnic Minorities in Croatia. This entitled the Serb minority to official and public use of their language there in speech and in writing, including the Serbian Cyrillic script.
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