The final paper, entitled "Relations between rights and freedoms at European level and Croatian local self-government", analyzes the notion of human rights and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter: the Convention). The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as well as local self-government, attach great importance to the protection of human rights, but also to the rights of national minorities. rights, which have its specificities. States should abide by the rights and guarantees laid down in the Convention. The text of the Convention itself is aimed at defining basic life rights, or certain prohibitions, such as the prohibition of torture. Most Member States have undertaken to take the prescribed action. The two concepts are interrelated because rights cannot be realized if the Member State is not able to exercise them. There is a fact that the text of the Convention itself does not say much about the scope and scope of the State's obligations. It is the European countries that have contributed to the protection of minority rights that have defined the liberal theory on which the modern human rights system rests. The aspiring minority is directed to respect the principles of equality and non-discrimination in relation to the rest of the population. Minorities have the right to claim political dominance in the state in which they are located. Particularly rights related to language, religion, culture, proportional and effective participation in public life, equality and many other recognized rights. The whole system of minorities consists of two pillars: the first is the prohibition of discrimination and the other is the protection and promotion of a separate minority identity.