Croatian security and intelligence system: Difference between revisions

These agencies conduct their activities in accordance with the Constitution, relevant national legislation, the National Security Strategy, the Defence Strategy and the Annual Guidelines for the Work of Security Services.<ref name="coe.int">{{cite web|url=http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/fight_against_terrorism/4_theme_files/apologie_-_incitement/Codexter%20Profile%20(2009)%20Croatia.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205072050/http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/fight_against_terrorism/4_theme_files/apologie_-_incitement/Codexter%20Profile%20%282009%29%20Croatia.pdf|title=Profiles on Counter-Terrorist Capacity: Croatia|date=April 2009|format=PDF|archivedate=5 February 2011}}</ref> Their work is subject to the scrutiny by the [[Croatian Parliament]], the [[President of Croatia|President of the Republic]], the [[Government of Croatia|Government]], the [[Office of the National Security Council]] and the Council for the civilian scrutiny of the security intelligence agencies.

Tasks of cooperation between President of the Republic and the Prime Minister in directing the work of security and intelligence agencies, is within the competence of the National Security Council (''Vijeće za nacionalnu sigurnost'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soa.hr/UserFiles/File/Zakon_o_sigurnosno-obavjestajnom_sustavu_RH_eng.pdf |title=Act on the Security Intelligence System of the Republic of Croatia |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> Members of NSC are the President of the Republic, the President of the Government, Minister of Defense, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Minister of Justice, National Security Advisor to the President of the Republic, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia, the Head of UVNS, the Directors of SOA and VSOA, the President of the Parliament also takes part in its work, and if necessary other people as well.

As parliamentary democracy developed in the Republic of Croatia, reforms in security system were continued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soa.hr/en/history/poa/ |title=Soa - Poa |publisher=Soa.hr |date= |accessdate=2010-08-10}}</ref> On 19 March 2002, the Croatian Parliament adopted the ''National Security Strategy''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soa.hr/UserFiles/File/Strategy_Republic_of_Croatia.pdf |title=Strategy for the Republic of Croatia’sCroatia's National Security |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> The new Strategy, which is oriented toward integration into [[NATO]] and the [[European Union|EU]], recognized all the neighboring states, including the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] (now [[Serbia]] and [[Montenegro]]), as partners in development, not as sources of destabilization. Few days later, on 21 March, the Parliament passed the ''Security Services Act'' (''{{lang|hr|Zakon o sigurnosnim službama Republike Hrvatske}}''). These laws formed the basis for reform of the Croatian intelligence community.<ref name="EECR"/>