Logo Assembly Logo Hemicycle

Mr Ivan RAČAN (Croatia, SOC)

Photo member

Representative
Deputy
Social Democratic Party of Croatia

Croatian Parliament - Hrvatski sabor
HR - 10000 - Zagreb
Croatia

www. sabor.hr

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 03/02/2025
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 30/10/2024 to 07/10/2024
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 08/10/2024 to 02/02/2025
  • Member: Socialist Group from 09/03/2012 to 24/01/2016

In the Assembly

  • since 30/09/2024 Representative - Croatia
  • from 09/03/2012 to 24/01/2016 Substitute - Croatia

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 30/09/2024)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 28/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 28/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 28/01/2025 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 29/01/2014 to 24/01/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Marko PAVIĆ (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 30/09/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Gvozden Srećko FLEGO (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 23/04/2012 to 24/01/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Igor KOLMAN (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 23/04/2012 to 24/01/2016)

Interventions

Last speeches

22/04/2026 | 19:09:23 "Tracking the proceeds of the crime denounced by Sergei Magnitsky and holding his perpetrators accountable" is the report in front of us. The crime was the theft of US$230 million from the Russian state treasury in 2007 through fraudulent tax refunds. Mr Sergei MAGNITSKY was a Russian lawyer who uncovered the scheme and alerted the authorities. For his efforts to bring about justice, the Russian authorities arrested Mr Sergei MAGNITSKY and held him for almost a year. In detention, he was... 22/04/2026 | 18:03:25 The universal abolition of the death penalty is a practical requirement for any modern justice system that claims to respect human rights. While we have successfully made the Council of Europe a death penalty-free zone, we cannot ignore the fact that Belarus remains a glaring exception on our own continent. Nor can we ignore the backsliding we are seeing globally. We need to be direct with our observer states. In the United States, we've seen a disturbing move toward experimental execution... 21/04/2026 | 20:22:07 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2)   Public life is undergoing a dangerous transformation. What was once a space for robust debate has become, in many corners of Europe and beyond, a toxic space of intimidation. Violence against politicians is alarmingly on the rise, and we must be clear: any attack on a representative, regardless of their political banner, is an attack on the foundation of democracy. ​The data tells a grim story. A staggering 71% of parliamentarians report... 01/10/2025 | 10:32:15 Thank you. Dear colleagues, Serbia today is in a blind alley, and tragically it is moving even deeper into it. Political stagnation, contested elections, captured institutions, and shrinking media freedoms all point to a path that does not lead forward. Instead, it narrows, it darkens and it isolates. Europe can and must act with principle, by setting clear conditions on the EU path, by protecting independent journalism and civil society, by confronting disinformation, and by offering real... 27/06/2025 | 10:27:33 Thank you. Three days ago right here, President of Ukraine, Mr Volodymyr ZELENSKYY, and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain BERSET signed the statute for a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. It is the first court in modern history designed exclusively to judge the decision to wage an illegal war, closing the gap the International Criminal Court still has over aggression cases. This signature comes after two years of Ukrainian diplomacy and a decisive...

Activities