Party of Rights

This article is about the historical Croatian political party. For other uses, see Croatian Party of Rights (disambiguation).

Party of Rights
Stranka prava
LeaderAnte Starčević
FounderAnte Starčević
Eugen Kvaternik
Founded26 June 1861 (1861-06-26)
Dissolved6 January 1929 (1929-01-06)
HeadquartersZagreb
NewspaperHrvatsko pravo
IdeologyCroatian nationalism
Croatian irredentism[1]
National conservatism
Monarchism[2][3][4]
Republicanism (after 1919)
Political positionRight-wing to far-right[5]
SloganBog i Hrvati

The Party of Rights (Croatian: Stranka prava) was a Croatian nationalist political party in Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and later in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

It was founded in 1861 by Ante Starčević and Eugen Kvaternik, two influential nationalist politicians who advocated for the Croatian state right, a greater Croatian autonomy and later for the independence of the Croatian state. Moderate and hardline nationalist factions existed during the period and after Starčević's death, the party would embrace anti-Serb, anti-Yugoslav and Republicanist leadership. In 1929, the party was dissolved after the proclamation of the 6 January Dictatorship and soon after, some members joined the underground organization Ustaše which was led by Ante Pavelić. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, numerous Croatian and Bosnian Croat political parties claim the lineage from the party itself.

  1. ^ 1996 Jill Irvine, State-building and nationalism in Croatia, 1990-1960
  2. ^ ABM, Monarhizam kao ideologija i pokret u 21.st., Obnova magazine, no 8, p: 86
  3. ^ Ante Starčević, Vladavina; Republika ili Monarhija, Izabrani spisi (19439, p: 445-448
  4. ^ Author: Leo Marić, Name: Made in Europe? Europski utjecaji na hrvatski nacionalizamAnte Starčević, svojim političkim spisima redovno rabi podjelu političkih sustava na monarhije, republike i despocije, pri čemu je on sâm zagovornik ustavne monarhije., (3.3.2019.), http://www.obnova.com.hr/radovi/autori/86-made-in-europe-europski-utjecaji-na-hrvatski-nacionalizam
  5. ^ Stojarová, Věra. "Historical Legacies of the Balkan Far Right." In The Far Right in the Balkans, 20-33. Manchester; New York: Manchester University Press, 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1mf7124.8.