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 | | In the April 13, 1997 upper-house balloting, held under a 71 percent turnout, the HDZ won 40 seats, the Croatian Peasant Party, 9; Croatian Social-Liberal Party, 6; Social Democratic Party of Croatia-Party of Democratic Changes, 4; the Istrian Democratic Assembly, 2; and the Croatian Party of Rights, 2. |
 | | Parties are not required to report membership figures or demographic information, so it is difficult to estimate the proportion of the population that belongs to political parties and the proportion of party membership that is made up of women. |
 | | Major human rights and politically-oriented NGOs include the Croatian Helsinki Commission for Human Rights, the Croatian Law Center, the Anti-War Campaign, the Group for Direct Protection of Human Rights, the Dalmatian Solidarity Committee, the Center for Peace, Non-violence and Human Rights, and the Erasmus Guild-Institute for the Culture of Democracy in Croatia. |
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