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The ending of pregnancy is an issue that keeps attracting great attention even today, at the beginning of the 21st century. Since the 1970s, abortion legislation has moved steadily towards liberalization, especially in developed countries around the world. In Europe, only a few countries still prohibit abortion on request. Yet neither the current legislation nor the relevant case law of supreme and constitutional courts have brought about consensus on the justification thereof. An exceptionally delicate matter made so by a wealth of moral, ethical, philosophical, medical, religious, economic, legal and other aspects, abortion is a bone of contention in the general public and many an expert community. The reasoning provided in constitutional reviews of law is lambasted in equal measure by the pro-choice and the pro-life camps, the latter of which are felt in presence and influence despite the ever-growing liberalization. The paper primarily examines the matter of abortion in comparative and Croatian constitutional law and legislation from the perspective of human rights.

There is a high level of agreement in the EU Member States with respect to a woman's right to abortion. Poland and Malta are the only exceptions to the liberal abortion regime in Europe. Yet, this issue is still considered highly divisive. The balance between a woman's right to abortion and the foetal right to life is still the topic of numerous legal and ethical discussions, which is a result of the recent rise of populism and anti-gender movements. In Europe, interwoven by different legal orders, international, supranational and national ones, the issue of human rights is dealt with at several levels. The EU Member States have assigned some of their sovereign rights to EU level, which is not the case with the area of reproductive rights and hence the issue of abortion is still firmly bound to state sovereignty. This is not the first paper that deals with this issue, so the third part of the paper investigates the relevant legal literature. What is challenged is the prevalent standpoint that the level of the protection of a woman's right to abortion is fairly low if judging by the case-law of the above courts since neither court has regarded a woman's right to abortion as a fundamental human right. The authors try to find an answer to the question whether abortion restrictions are contrary to the fundamental principle of gender equality.

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Dobro je poznato kako je fenomen migracija postao iznimno relevantan u posljednjih nekoliko desetljeća. Migrantska kriza u Europi je posebice od 2015. godine rezultirala brojnim raspravama o migracijama, izbjeglicama, integraciji i sličnim pitanjima, te je stoga jedan od ciljeva ovog rada dati odgovarajući doprinos profesionalnoj i javnoj debati na području integracije migranata u hrvatsko društvo. Rad je koncipiran u pet dijelova. Nakon uvodnog dijela, u drugom dijelu rada izlaže se teorijski okvir koncepta integracije migranata, odnosno prikazuju se pokušaji (još uvijek neuspješnog) iznalaženja jedinstvene definicije pojma integracije migranata. Slijedi treći dio, u kojemu se daje pregled pravnog okvira Republike Hrvatske na području integracije migranata. U tom kontekstu, navode se relevantne odredbe Ustava Republike Hrvatske, relevantni ratificirani međunarodni ugovori, te odgovarajući zakoni i podzakonski propisi, kao i relevantna praksa Ustavnog suda Republike Hrvatske. Imajući u vidu da je Republika Hrvatska harmonizirala svoje zakonodavstvo s acquis communaitaireom Europske unije i članica je Europske unije, u radu se posebna pozornost poklanja prikazu okvira Europske unije za integraciju migranata. Četvrti dio rada bavi se institucionalnim okvirom Republike Hrvatske za integraciju migranata, pri čemu se naglašava kako je područje integracije migranata, na temelju zakonodavnog i regulatornog integracijskog okvira, područje koje je u nadležnosti nekoliko ministarstava (na čelu s Ministarstvom unutarnjih poslova), ureda, povjerenstava, a značajnu ulogu u ovom području svakako imaju i brojne nevladine organizacije. Konačno, u petom i ujedno zaključnom dijelu rada navode se preporuke za daljnji razvoj integracijske politike Republike Hrvatske.