Human rights belong to every individual. Moreover, human rights belong to every human being precisely because they are human regardless of gender, age, race or disability. People with disabilities often face human rights violations and are a vulnerable group in society. This paper will discuss the rights of people with hearing impairment and deafblind people in the Republic of Croatia. The basic features of hearing impairment and deafblindness will be presented at the beginning of the paper to familiarize the reader with the specifics of Deaf culture. Furthermore, this paper will present the status of people with hearing impairment and deafblind persons in the educational, healthcare, social care, work and employment systems. Moreover, the emphasis will be on critical review of the legislative framework considering results of empirical researches. Legal assumptions form the basis of other assumptions and it must be constantly upgraded. In addition, the main problems facing the people with hearing impairment and the deaf-blind people and the obstacles that stand in the way of social inclusion will be outlined. An important role along the way to inclusion has the proffesion of social work, which plays a key role in advocating for the rights of this group of beneficiaries. Finally, a conclusions and practical suggestions will be made to improve the status of people with hearing impairments and the deaf-blind people in society.