摘要：This paper analyses arguments for and against the paedophile registry as an institute in the world, and as something implemented on 1st January 2013 in the Republic of Croatia through the Act on Legal Consequences of Conviction, on Criminal record and Rehabilitation. The basis for the discussion was the fundamental function of the state which served as criteria of justification of different types of the paedophile registry analyzed in the paper. As main pro and contra arguments: principle of proportionality, right to privacy, right of access to information, dark figure data and recidivism rates. Moreover the paper presents the delicate problematic of rehabilitation. At the end of the paper, special attention was given to comparative law and the European Council’s Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse.
关键词：criminal record; proportionality test; recidivism; information privacy; right of access to information
