Good governance

Attacks on medical workers, teachers to be prosecuted ex officio

Zagreb, 10.4.2014.- Ministri Vesna Pusiæ i Orsat Miljeniæ i premijer Zoran Milanoviæ tijekom sjednice Vlade Republike Hrvatske. foto FaH/ Denis CERIÆ/ ua

The Croatian government on Thursday sent to parliament final amendments to the Penal Code expanding legal protection to healthcare workers and teachers so that threats and acts of coercion against those workers could be prosecuted ex officio. If a teacher receives threats, he will no longer have to file a private lawsuit, but such offences…

Who wants to join the Constitutional Court (apart from Mladen Bajić)?

Zagreb, 22.05.2013 - Ustavni sud pokrenuo je postupak za ocjenu ustavnosti i ukinuo Kurikulum zdravstvenog odgoja koji je stupio na snagu u veljaèi te odredio da æe se do donoenja novog kurikuluma, usklaðenog s ustavnim zahtjevima, predavati sadraji zdravstvenog odgoja prema programu koji se provodio do poèetka ove kolske godine. foto FaH/ Denis CERIÆ /ds

Former three-time State Attorney General Mladen Bajić, Constitutional expert and external Committee on the Constitution member Sanja Barić, former Children’s Ombudsman Mila Jelavić, the judge convicting Ivo Sanader and the Croatian Democratic Union Ivana Čalić, former Constitutional Court Justice Nevenka Šernhorst, Municipal Court in Zagreb Justice Zorka Čačić Zagrajski, High Misdemeanour Court Justice Antonija Kovačić,…

Public administration reform (still) stuck in the middle

Without an efficient public administration, there is no such thing as a fair democratic society or a sustainable economy; it is the best strategic investment in existence. However, administrative reform requires expert preparation, social dialogue and political consensus – these were the messages sent out in an open letter to the Government, Croatian Parliament and…

Reappointed Supreme Court president takes oath

Doček rezultata referenduma u Hrvatskom saboru

Branko Hrvatin was sworn in on Monday before Croatian President Ivo Josipovic for his third consecutive four-year term as president of the Supreme Court. At the ceremony, President Josipovic congratulated Hrvatin expressing confidence he would be successful as he had been during his past terms. They both underlined the importance of judicial independence. I wish…

Good governance

epa03644178 A businessman uses a tablet computer at a park in Tokyo, Japan, 29 March 2013. Japan's unemployment rate edged up by 0.1 percentage points to 4.3 per cent in February 2013, the government said 29 March 2013. The number of unemployed people dropped by 120,000 from a year earlier to 2.77 million, falling year-on-year for the 33rd consecutive month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said. EPA/KIYOSHI OTA

Honesty, accountability and openness to the public are guarantees for governance without abuse and corruption, with full respect for the rule of law. Although a single definition of good governance does not exist, the principles on which good governance rests are identical to the public, business and nonprofit sectors. What is good governance? Good governance…