21 November 2025 - In his introductory speech at the scientific conference on the influence of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms on the Croatian legal order which focused on the protection of sensitive groups and vulnerable individuals, Prof Frane Staničić, President of the Court, emphasized the high sensitivity of the Constitutional Court regarding the protection of the rights of precisely this group of individuals and referred to the role of the court in developing standards of constitutional protection and their harmonisation with the standards of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights. The esteemed speakers also included judges of the Croatian Constitutional Court: Judge Assoc. Prof Dr Maša Marochini Zrinski presented the case-law of both the Croatian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights in relation to preventing secondary victimisation of vulnerable individuals; Judge Dr Miroslav Šeparović, Secretary General Sanja Trgovac and former Judge Dr Snježana Bagić addressed the protection of minors in pre-trial detention while Judge Andrej Abramović spoke on the topic "The relationship between Art. 8 and Art. 10 of the Convention in media cases - a vulnerable society and a victimized individual". Introductory remarks were also made by Prof Dario Đerđa, Dean of the Law Faculty in Rijeka, Prof Davor Vašićek, Acting Rector of the University of Rijeka and Dr Sanja Grbić, Head of the Project "Existing Anthropogenic Protection of Convention Rights as a Chilling Effect" within the framework of which this scientific gathering was held.