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Welcome to the Official web site of the Croatian Gender Equality Ombudsperson. The first Gender Equality Ombudsperson, Mrs. Gordana Lukač-Koritnik was appointed by the Croatian Parliament in July 2003. The Gender Equality Ombudsperson monitors the implementation of the Gender Equality Law effective July 30, 2003 and other regulations concerning gender equality. The Gender Equality Law defines and regulates protection from discrimination on the grounds of sex, as well as equal opportunity mechanisms. Gender equality is one of the fundamental values of the constitutional order of the Republic of Croatia (Article 3 of the Constitution), whose protection is ensured by the Constitution itself (Article 14). On these web pages, you can find summarized information about the field of work and activities of the Gender Equality Ombudsperson. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. |
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The Gender Equality Law was passed by the Croatian Parliament on its session on July 14th 2003, and it was published in the Official Gazette no. 116 on July 22nd 2003. It came into effect on July 30th 2003. The Gender Equality Law determines the general basis for the protection and promotion of gender equality as a fundamental value of the constitutional order of the Republic of Croatia, and defines and regulates the protection from discrimination on the ground of gender and realization of equal opportunities for women and men in political, economic, social, educational and other spheres of life. It provides a definition of discrimination on the ground of gender – as direct or indirect discrimination, and as harassment and sexual harassment. It envisions the state mechanism for the achievement of gender equality and mechanisms of protection of gender equality principles.
In section IX. of the Gender Equality Law, titled Securing the Implementation of the Law, a special body was instituted, the Gender Equality Ombusperson.
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Gordana Lukač Koritnik was born in Zagreb, where she attended high school and graduated from the Faculty of Law in 1974. Most of her professional career up to 2003, when she was appointed Ombudsperson, she practiced law as an attorney in private practice. Her father, brother and sister are all attorneys as well.
In her legal practice, Gordana Lukač Koritnik often represented women victims of domestic violence and other cases from the area of family and labor law related to human rights and gender equality. |
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Although the Official web site of the Croatian Gender Equality Ombudsperson contains a lot of content concerning gender equality in Croatia, we can not translate all of them into English. Therefore if you are interested in a specific area of the Office of the Gender Equality Ombudsperson's scope of work, please contact us by regular mail, phone, fax or e-mail and we'll be glad to answer your questions. |
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