The “In the Name of the Family” initiative welcomed the Constitutional Court’s decision on Thursday that a marriage referendum can be held, while non-governmental organisations, whose request for the assessment of the constitutionality of the referendum’s question the Court said was unauthorised, said the decision opened the door to a clerical campaign. Initiative representative Zeljka…
Month: November 2013
Constitutional amendments mustn’t impact same sex-unions legislation
The Constitutional Court on Thursday adopted a joint statement on a referendum on the definition of marriage, saying that any possible amendment of the Constitution with a provision stipulating that marriage is a heterosexual union must not impact the development of legislative solutions for common law marriage and same-sex unions in line with the constitutional…
Unions and NGOs propose simpler conditions for civil referendums
Union federations and nongovernmental organisations on Wednesday presented a proposal of constitutional and legislative amendments to launch and conduct a civil referendum which would facilitate referendums by specifying what questions cannot be decided on and ensuring transparency of financing and media coverage. The condition to conduct a referendum would be the collection of signatures of…
NGOs question constitutionality of marriage referendum call
Three nongovernmental organisations, Zagreb Pride, CroL and the Centre of Civil Courage on Tuesday submitted a request to the Constitutional Court to assess the constitutionality of the Croatian Parliament’s decision to call a referendum on the constitutional definition of marriage for December 1 and they also urged the court to suspend that decision. We demand…
Civil initiative asks Constitutional Court to assess marriage referendum question
Representatives of a Facebook civil initiative on Monday asked the Constitutional Court to assess if the referendum question on marriage as a heterosexual union is in accordance with the Constitution. The initiative has nearly 4,500 members, its representative Natasa Skaricic told Hina, saying it was unacceptable that the referendum called for December 1 should be…
Parliament calls marriage referendum for Dec 1
The Croatian Parliament on Friday called a referendum at which Croatian citizens will decide if they want the constitution to define marriage as a heterosexual union for December 1. Of those present in parliament today, 104 deputies were in favour, 13 were against and five abstained. This will be the third state referendum in Croatia’s…