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Article 17 1. The Parties undertake not to interfere with the right of persons belonging to national minorities to establish and maintain free and peaceful contacts across frontiers with persons lawfully staying in there States, in particular those with whom they share an ethnic, cultural, linguistic or religious identity, or a common cultural heritage. 2. The parties undertake not to interfere with the right of persons belonging to national minorities to participate in the activities of non-governmental organizations, both at national and international levels.
Paragraph 1.
From the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture: The Republic of Croatia encourages free and peaceful contacts of national minorities with home countries and people they share their cultural heritage with. The cooperation is especially intensive with the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. Cooperation has been established with new counties like Bjelorussia and Macedonia.
From the Constitutional Law on Human Rights and Freedoms and the rights on national and Ethnic Communities or Minorities in the Republic of Croatia. Article 4. "The Republic of Croatia shall assist the development of the relations between national and ethnic communities or minorities with the nationality of their parent country in order to promote their national, cultural and language development Ethnic and national communities or minorities have the right to self- organization and association in order to realize their national or other rights in compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia and this Law."
From the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture The largest number of activities takes place through exhibitions, travel and participating in mutual gatherings, and also in the exchange of experts and artists. The following International Agreements and Programs of Cooperation have been signed: the Agreement on Educational, Cultural and Scientific Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the government of the Republic of Albania, signed in Tirana February 1 1994, the Agreement on Educational, Cultural and Scientific Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Government of the Republic of Romania, signed in Zagreb, May 19, 1993, the Agreement on Cultural and Educational Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, signed in Zagreb Februaly 7, 1994, the Program for Cultural Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of Culture of Slovenia for 1996, 1997 and 1998 the Agreement on Cultural and educational Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, signed in Skoplje on December 4 1995, the Agreement on Cultural, Educational and Scientific Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria, signed in Zagreb June , 13 1995., the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Government of the Republic of Poland on Cultural and Educational Cooperation, signed in Zagreb, September 14 .1995., the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Government of the Republic of Slovakia on Cultural, Educational, Scientific and Sport Cooperation signed in Bratislava, May 5 .1995, The Agreement on Cultural Educational and Scientific Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Government of the Republic of Hungary, signed in Zagreb ( in the process of ratification).
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Paragraph 2.
The right to found organizations of the members of national minorities is addressed in the answer to Article 8. From the jurisdiction of the Office for National Minorities of the Republic of Croatia Associations of national minorities cooperate with other associations and organizations and other states with which they have same cultural, linguistic, religious and other interests. It is especially characteristic for members of the Jewish, Italian, Hungarian, Serbian, Czech, Ruthenian and Ukrainian, Slovakian German and Austrian national minorities and for Romanies. Some of these meetings have become traditional and international and are manifested through exhibitions, book fairs, world meetings and events, for instance: the Jewish World Conference, the Meeting of Germans from the Danube- basin, and other international meetings of Romanies, Hungarians, Rutthenians and Ukrainians. For this cultural activity national minority associations besides receiving aid from the state budget receive donations, financial and other aid from their respective mother countries and various international foundations.
(see Paragraph 1.)
(see Paragraph 1.)
(see Paragraph 1.)
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