The topic of this graduate thesis is „Rights of national minorities with special emphasis on political representation“. The thesis is conceived in five chapters.“The first chapter covers the emergence of international minority law in Europe and describes the European Charter for Regional or International Languages, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Commission for Democracy through Law, known as the Venice Commission.”The second chapter deals with the historical position and rights of national minorities in the SFRY in the period from 1974 to 1989, then the Republic of Croatia in the period from 1990 to 2000, but also the historical sequence of the Republic of Croatia from 2000 to the present. The third chapter describes the rights of national minorities and their realization, while the fourth covers the political representation of national minorities in the Republic of Croatia.”This chapter describes the elections for councils and representatives of national minorities, the coordination of councils and its constitution, establishment and scope, the material and financial preconditions for the work of councils and representatives of national minorities and the right of persons belonging to national minorities to representation in the Croatian Parliament.”