Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia

Ustavom Republike Hrvatske ustrojen je, uz zakonodavnu, izvršnu i sudbenu vlast, i Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske kao, uvjetno rečeno, “četvrta vlast” ili “međuvlast”. Ustavni je sud posebno ustavno tijelo koje ne pripada ni zakonodavnoj ni izvršnoj ni sudbenoj vlasti. Kao ustavno tijelo, njegov je položaj određen osnovnom zadaćom, to jest apstraktnom kontrolom zakona i podzakonskih akata te zažtitom ustavnih prava i temeljnih sloboda kroz postupak individualne ustavne kontrole. Ustavni sud djeluje samo na temelju Ustava i Ustavnog zakona, koji ima snagu Ustava, neovisan je o svim tijelima državne vlasti i samostalno raspoređuje sredstva, utvrđena u državnom proračunu, u skladu sa svojim godišnjim proračunom i zakonom, radi funkcioniranja djelatnosti Suda. Uz navedeno, unutarnje ustrojstvo Ustavnog suda uređuje se njegovim poslovnikom koji donosi sam Ustavni sud. O primjeni poslovnika brine se predsjednik Ustavnog suda. Ustav i Ustavni zakon o Ustavnom sudu Republike Hrvatske sadrže i druge garancije neovisnosti ustavnog sudstva i ustavnih sudaca.With the constitution of the Republic of Croatia, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia has been established, with the proviso, "fourth power" or "interreligious", with legislative, executive and judicial authority. The Constitutional Court is a special constitutional body that does not belong either to the legislative, executive or judicial authority. As a constitutional body, his position is determined by the basic task, namely by abstract control of laws and bylaws, and by safeguarding constitutional rights and fundamental freedoms through the process of individual constitutional control. The Constitutional Court acts only on the basis of the Constitution and the Constitutional Act, which has the power of the Constitution, is independent of all state authorities and independently allocates funds, determined in the state budget, in accordance with its annual budget and law, for the functioning of the Court's activity. In addition, the internal organization of the Constitutional Court is governed by its own rules of procedure, which is the Constitutional Court itself. The President of the Constitutional Court takes care of the implementation of the Rules of Procedure. The Constitution and the Constitutional Act on the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia also contain other guarantees of the independence of the constitutional judiciary and constitutional judges