One year after the entry into force of the Law on Civilian Victims of the Homeland War, 1,775 requests for the status and rights of civilian victims of the war were received, of which 596 requests were resolved, Večernji list writes on Monday.
Civilian victims, after a quarter of a century of struggle for recognition of their sacrifice in the Homeland War, finally got a law that treats all civilians who died during the aggression against Croatia in a fairer way. The rights of civilian victims of the Homeland War have, for many decades, been regulated by the Law on the Protection of Military and Civil War Invalids
1974, which has since been amended 12 times, but despite numerous amendments, this regulation still did not cover all civilian victims, and the rights were not adapted to the needs of this population.
Finally, on July 31, 2021, the new Law on Civilian Victims of the Homeland War entered into force, which made it possible to exercise the status and rights of civilian victims who could not enjoy these rights until now, and the existing rights were extended.
The Ministry of Croatian Veterans says that in the meantime, after the entry into force of the Act, all by-laws necessary for the full application of the Act have been adopted.
One year after its entry into force, according to the data of the administrative departments in the counties and the City of Zagreb, the implementing bodies of the Law, 1,775 requests for statuses and rights have been received so far, of which 596 requests have been resolved. So every third request has been resolved.
In the process of adopting the Law, it was estimated that a total of up to 2,500 new statuses are expected. “Given the current number of submitted requests and the existing dynamics of resolution, we can determine that the procedure for applying the Law is taking place according to the planned dynamics,” they say.
The key is that the law has finally deleted the property test that limits the recognition of rights, so it is possible to use family disability benefits for family members who until now could not do so due to pension, employment, registered trade or age limit, which is welcomed by the Association of Associations of Croatian Civil Victims, the journalist writes. Evening paper Renata Rašović.
“I must emphasize that civilian victims will not be entitled to a pension under this Act, but only to a family disability allowance. Widows, parents who lost adult children, but also minor children, our youngest victims of the war, about 400 of them, will be compensated, among them the children killed in Slavonski Brod, a symbol of the suffering of children”, says the president of the Community, Julijana Rosandić.
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