ومن بين هذه القوانين، القانون الخاص بتنفيذ عقوبات السجن، الذي ينص على أن الهدف الأساسي من عقوبة الحرمان من الحرية - حيث ينبغي أن يُعامل الأفراد أثناءها بصورة إنسانية وفي سياق احترام كرامتهم - هو السماح بإعادة تكييف السجناء في نهاية فترة العقوبة مع دمجهم في المجتمع من جديد.
After informing the Committee that torture was defined as a crime in his country's Penal Code, he described the laws by which torture and related practices were combated in Croatia, referring first to the Prison Sentence Execution Act, according to which the primary purpose of serving prison sentences - during which the persons serving such sentences were to be treated humanely and with due respect for their dignity - was to rehabilitate them for life in society.