The Violation of Procedural Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Osobe s invaliditetom posebno su osjetljiva i marginalizirana društvena skupina često izložena diskriminaciji i različitim oblicima kršenja temeljnih ljudskih prava. Cilj ovoga rada jest analizirati sudsku praksu Europskog suda za ljudska prava koja se tiče povrede prava osoba s invaliditetom te razmotriti usklađenost domaćeg obiteljskog procesnog zakonodavstva sa spomenutom praksom i odredbama Konvencije o pravima osoba s invaliditetom. Nakon provedene analize dolazi se do zaključka da je Republika Hrvatska u odnosu na povrede prava osoba s invaliditetom bila česta stranka u postupcima pred Europskim sudom za ljudska prava, ali bi najnovije izmjene Obiteljskog zakona trebale pridonijeti tomu da se takvo stanje promijeni u pozitivnom smjeru. Da bi poštivanje temeljnih ljudskih (procesnih) prava osoba s invaliditetom bilo na još višoj razini, autor predlaže, osim provedenih izmjena u obiteljskom zakonodavstvu, također pro futuro razmotriti i izmjene odredaba koje se tiču ovih osoba u Zakonu o parničnom postupku te u drugim propisima.Persons with disabilities are vulnerable and marginalized social group and they are often subject to discrimination and various forms of violations of fundamental human rights. The aim of this study was to analyze the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the violation of the rights of the persons with disabilities and review the compatibility of national family procedural legislation with the mentioned jurisprudence and the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. After the analysis it can be concluded that the Republic of Croatia was often the party to proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights on issues of violation of the rights of persons with disabilities but the latest revisions of the Family Law Act should contribute that such issues change in a positive direction. In order to applaud the basic human rights of the persons with disabilties besides changes made in family law the author also proposes changes pro futuro to the provisions concerning these persons in the Civil Procedure Act and other regulations