The Chairman of the Committee on Human and National Minority Rights Dr. Furio Radin has spoken about the rights of minorities in Croatia at a recent talk organized by the Burgenland-Croatian Centre in Vienna.National minorities including Italians, Serbs, Slovenians, and Germans form about 7.5 per cent of the Croatian population. Dr. Radin familiarized those present with their situation in Croatia and has spoken about Article 15 of the Constitution that gives these citizens a so-called "double voting right."The members of the national minorities are given an opportunity to vote for their minority representatives in the Parliament in addition to having a general right to vote.Dr. Radin also commented on the importance of using minority languages (22) in Croatia's public life, the daily Vecernji List writes.
Source: Croatian Times Online News
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