The influence of practice (court decisions) of the European Court for the protection of human rights of administrative adjudication process in the Republic of Croatia

Abstract

U radu se analiziraju presude Europskoga suda za ljudska prava, donesene u postupcima protiv Republike Hrvatske, koje su izravno ili neizravno imale utjecaj na upravno sudovanje u Republici Hrvatskoj. U tom smislu, najprije se u najkraćim crtama analiziraju presude koje su se odnosile na širi kontekst zaštite prava na suđenje u razumnom roku. Nakon toga, u radu se analizira nekoliko novijih judikata Europskog suda za ljudska prava koji se izravno odnose na upravno sudovanje. Zaključno, ističe se kako Republika Hrvatska praksu Europskoga suda mora i dalje pozorno pratiti te upravno sudovanje pokušati s njome uskladiti.This paper analyses the court decisions of the European Court of Human Rights reached in proceedings against the Republic of Croatia and which directly or indirectly have influenced administrative adjudication process in the Republic of Croatia. In that sense, firstly and briefly court decisions which were reached in the wider context of the protection of the right to trial within a reasonable timeframe are analysed. Then, the paper analyses several new court decisions of the European Court of Human Rights which are directly related to administrative adjudication. In conclusion, how the Republic of Croatia must continue to monitor the practice of the European Court and attempt to harmonise administrative adjudication with it is pointed out