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Mr Ivan RAČAN (Croatia, SOC)

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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

25/06/2026 | 17:06:43 Thank you. Colleagues, targeting political exiles is not a recent development. Historically, states have frequently pursued dissidents across borders. The intent of governments to suppress opposition abroad has always existed. What makes this report necessary right now is the shift in how these operations are actually conducted. The methods have moved largely beyond physical violence. Today, foreign governments are actively misusing international and European bureaucratic systems. They are... 24/06/2026 | 16:52:27 Thank you. Colleagues, I have prepared a speech, but I will not read it. Let me be very clear, I am all for being very pragmatic in politics. I have been pragmatic my entire life and I do believe in a pragmatic approach. However, we are in a quintessential rules- and values-based organisation: the Council of Europe. This is not a military alliance. This is not a trade bloc. This is not an informal organisation. This is a rules- and values-based organisation. And we are here to protect those... 24/06/2026 | 12:27:54 Thank you colleagues. This resolution merits strong commendation for its objective approach to technology governance. The text systematically avoids fatalism and scaremongering, explicitly refusing to demonise artificial intelligence. Instead, it provides a well-balanced, forward-looking framework that recognises that human choices will determine our societal trajectory. The report accurately identifies how AI can serve as a structural asset, highlighting its capacity to enhance public... 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...

Activities