GENOCIDE  WATCH

Croatia remains burdened by post-conflict tensions rooted in World War II Ustaše atrocities and the 1991–1995 war, during which nationalist mobilization, mass displacement, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing marked the conflict. Systemic discrimination persists against marginalized minorities, with rural Serbs facing infrastructure deficits and the Roma population enduring severe educational segregation, workplace discrimination, and utility deprivation in isolated informal settlements. Additionally, Croatia has drawn widespread international condemnation for systemic human rights abuses against migrants, including violent border pushbacks and summary expulsions following its EU accession.