CONFERENCE ON CONSTITUTIONAL JUDICIARY CURRENT ISSUES BEGINS ( Editorial: --> 0776 )

( Editorial: --> 0776 ) ZAGREB, Nov 14 (Hina) - A two-day conference called "Current Topics of Constitutional Judiciary" began in Zagreb on Friday in the organization of the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Croatian Human Rights Institute. In attendance are representatives of German, Austrian, Slovene and Croatian constitutional courts, as well as numerous scientists and Croatian state officials. An introductory speech on "constitutional court binding decisions" was made by Croatian constitutional court vice president Velimir Belajec. The president of the German constitutional court, Jutta Limbach, was given the Honorary Member Charter of the Croatian Human Rights Institute. Speeches were also made by the head of the Institute, Nikola Filipovic, a Hanns Seidel representative, Hans-Friedrich von Solemacher, Croatian constitutional court president Jadranko Crnic, German Ambassador to Croatia Volker Haak, and the president of the Croatian Bar Association, Mario Kos. (hina) ha 141226 MET nov 97