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Impact of regional Inequalities on the exercise of human rights with reference to the situation in the Eastern Croatia

The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of regional disparities on the exercise of human rights. Human rights are one of the fundamental values of the democratic system and a necessary requirement for the development and life in territorial communities. According to the basic tenets of human rights, they are innate (every human being acquires them at birth), inalienable (cannot be taken away from anyone) and universal (they belong to all people). Constitutional documents and international documents on human rights put man and his rights at the centre of attention and guarantee their protection. The territory of a certain territorial community is the starting point for the realization of human rights and political, economic and social activities of people. I fact, ability to exercise human rights by every person is dependent on the development of territorial communities. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides that there should be no difference in rights on the basis of territory to which a person belongs. In view of the significant regional differences in the Croatian territory, there are no equal opportunities for the realization of human rights. This is especially pronounced in the area of the Eastern Croatian, where individual rights are more difficult to exercise compared to developed areas. The existence of regional disparities in particular affects the realization of economic, social and cultural rights. These rights constitute a condition for human dignity. But in some cases, regional differences also affect other generations of rights. Human rights are interdependent and interrelated. The level to which an individual human right will be exercised depends on the realization of other rights. The author concludes that the unevenness of regional development of the country's territory contributes to unequal opportunities for the realization of guaranteed human rights and to unequal opportunities for development, as the basis for the realization of all rights. On the other hand, the author tries to show how balanced regional development is the basis for the exercise of rights in the entire territory of a certain territorial community.

equal opportunities, human rights, balanced regional development, regional disparities, territory

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