Suffrage and Electoral Rights of Expatriates

U radu se ukazuje na povijesni aspekt razvoja prava glasa i biračkoga prava. Ukazuje se na praksu Suda Europske unije, Europskog suda za zaštitu ljudskih prava, kao i na mišljenje i preporuke Europske komisije o pravima glasovanja građana koji žive u inozemstvu. Spomenuto se ilustrira i primjerom Francuske Republike. Konačno se detaljno analizira Zakon o prebivalištu Republike Hrvatske koji je stupio na snagu 14. prosinca 2012. godine. Zaključno se, prema mišljenju autora, ukazuje na manjkavosti hrvatskog zakona kao i na eventualne probleme u praksi.This paper points out the historical aspect of suffrage and electoral rights. The practice of the Court of the European Union, the European Court for the protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the opinion and recommendation of the European Commission on the voting rights of citizens who live abroad are pointed out. This is illustrated by the example of the Republic of France. Finally, the Residency Act of the Republic of Croatia, which was enforced on 14 December 2012, is analysed in detail. To conclude, according to the author’s opinion, the deficiencies of Croatian law are pointed out as well as the possible problems in practice