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Article II of the
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
II.
BASIC PROVISIONS
The Republic of Croatia is a
unitary
and
indivisible
democratic and
social state
. Power in the
Republic of Croatia
is derived from the people and belongs to
the people
as a community of
free and equal citizens
. The people shall exercise this power through the election of representatives and through direct
decisionmaking
.
The
sovereign
ty of the Republic of Croatia is inalienable, indivisible and
untransferable
. The sovereignty of the Republic of Croatia encompasses its
land
s,
river
s,
lake
s,
canal
s,
internal maritime waters
,
territorial sea
and the
air space
above these. The Republic of Croatia shall
exercise
, in accordance with
international law
,
sovereign rights
and
jurisdiction
over the maritime areas and the
seabed
and
subsoil
thereof of the
Adriatic Sea
outside the state territory up to the borders of neighboring countries. The
Croatian Parliament
and people shall directly, independently and in accordance with the
Constitution
and
law
, decide:
on the regulation of
economic
,
legal
and
political
relations in the Republic of Croatia;
on the
preservation of natural and cultural wealth
and its utilization;
on association in alliances with other states.
The Republic of Croatia may
conclude alliances
with other states, retaining the sovereign right to decide by itself on the powers to be transferred and the
right to withdraw
from them freely.
Freedom
,
equal rights, national equality, peace, social justice, respect for human rights, inviolability of ownership, conservation of nature and the human environment, the rule of law and a democratic multiparty system
are the highest values of the constitutional order of the Republic of Croatia.
The government in the Republic of Croatia is organized on the
principle
of separation of
powers
into the
legislative
,
executive
and
judicial
branches.
Laws in the Republic of Croatia shall
conform with the Constitution
, and other
rules and regulations
shall conform with the Constitution and law. Everyone shall abide by the Constitution and law and respect the legal order of the
Republic
.
Formation of
political parties
shall be
free
. Political parties shall be organized according to a territorial principle. The work of any
political party
which by its program of activity
violently endangers the democratic constitutional order
, independence, unity or territorial integrity of the Republic of Croatia shall be prohibited.
The
armed forces
of the Republic of Croatia shall protect its sovereignty and independence and shall defend its territorial
integrity
. The defense system of the Republic of Croatia shall be regulated by law.
The
borders of the Republic of Croatia may only be altered by decision of the Croatian Parliament
.
Croatian
citizenship
, its
acquisition
and
termination
shall be regulated by law. No
citizen
of the Republic of Croatia shall be
exile
d from the Republic or be deprived of citizenship, and may not be
extradite
d to another state.
The Republic of Croatia shall protect the rights and interests of its citizens living or
staying abroad
, and shall
promote their links
with
the homeland
. Parts of the Croatian nation in other states shall be guaranteed
special concern and protection by the Republic
of Croatia.
The
coat-of-arms
of the Republic of Croatia is the historical Croatian coat-of-arms whose base consists of 25 alternating red and white (
argent
) fields. The flag of the Republic of Croatia consists of three colors:
red, white and blue
, with the historical Croatian
coat-of-arms
in the center. The
anthem
of the Republic of Croatia is "
Lijepa nasa domovino
". The description of the historical Croatian coat-of-arms and flag, the text of the anthem, and the use of these and other state symbols shall be regulated by law.
The Croatian language
and the
Latin
script shall be in official use in the Republic of Croatia. In individual
local units
another language and the
Cyrillic
or some other
script
may, along with the
Croatian
language and the
Latin script
, be introduced into
official use
under conditions specified by law.
The
capital
of the Republic of Croatia is Zagreb. The city of
Zagreb
shall be a separate territorial and administrative
unit
whose organization shall be regulated by law.
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, at http://www.constitution.org/cons/croatia.htm.
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