This report presents the results of a research conducted from November 2021 to April 2022 for the purpose of preparing a basis for discussion and designing new working methods and new models of cooperation for progressive human rights organisations in Croatia regarding institutional and legal advocacy, legal support for victims of human rights violations, public communication and mobilisation of citizens in matters of human rights protection and promotion.

The aim of the project is to increase the social and political influence of human rights organisations in response to degrading human rights standards in Croatia, the increasingly difficult socio-economic situation and the institutions’ inertia when it comes to finding a rights-based solution for the increasingly complex political and socio-economic challenges of today. Consequently, the purpose of this research is to gain insight into the difficulties human rights organisations face in the areas of advocacy, legal support, public communication and mobilisation of citizens, but also to map ideas for overcoming these difficulties.

The quantitative part of the research includes a survey conducted by Hendal agency on a representative sample of 900 citizens of the Republic of Croatia over the age of 16.

The concept of human rights organisations in this research refers to civil society organisations that through their missions, objectives and activ- ities contribute to the realisation or preservation of the values referred to in Article 3 of the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia: freedom, equal rights, national and gender equality, peace-making, social justice, respect for human rights, inviolability of ownership, conservation of nature and the environment, the rule of law and a democratic multiparty system.