ĐORĐEVIĆ v. CROATIA JUDGMENT
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honour, respect for one’s dignity and name, privacy of personal and family life,
freedom and other aspects.
... [I]t is to be concluded that in this case there has been a violation of human,
constitutional and personal values because the applicant was in prison conditions
which were incompatible with the standards prescribed by the Enforcement of Prison
Sentences Act and also with the legal standards under Article 25 § 1 of the
Constitution. For that reason the courts are obliged to award compensation for the
infringement of the applicant’s dignity.
...”
F. The Prevention of Discrimination Act
74. The relevant part of the Prevention of Discrimination Act (Zakon o
suzbijanju diskriminacije, Official Gazette no. 85/2008) reads as follows.
Section 1
“(1) This Act ensures protection and promotion of equality as the highest value of
the constitutional order of the Republic of Croatia; creates conditions for equal
opportunities and regulates protection against discrimination on the basis of race or
ethnic origin or skin colour, gender, language, religion, political or other conviction,
national or social origin, state of wealth, membership of a trade union, education,
social status, marital or family status, age, health, invalidity, genetic inheritance,
gender identity, expression or sexual orientation.
(2) Discrimination within the meaning of this Act means putting any person in a
disadvantageous position on any of the grounds under subsection 1 of this section, as
well as his or her close relatives.
...”
Section 8
“This Act shall be applied in respect of all State bodies ... legal entities and natural
persons ...”
Section 16
“Anyone who considers that, owing to discrimination, any of his or her rights has
been violated may seek protection of that right in proceedings in which the
determination of that right is the main issue, and may also seek protection in separate
proceedings under section 17 of this Act.”
Section 17
“A person who claims that he or she has been a victim of discrimination in
accordance with the provisions of this Act may bring a claim and seek: