Though endowed with a Sabor (parliament), Ustase leader and poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) Ante Pavelic regarded the body with a dictator's mistrust of democratic procedures and preferred to rule by decree. Pavelic's writs were usually counter-signed by the ministry which was charged with its implementation, as well as his minister in charge of organizing the Sabor. They were published in the official gazette of the NDH, the Narodne novine.

Decree: On the First Croatian Government
April 16, 1941: Pavelic declares himself head of state and names his closest advisors as ministers

Decree: On Racial Affiliation
April 30, 1941: English Translation of the Ustase Law "On Racial Affiliation"

Decree: On the Protection of Aryan Blood
April 30, 1941: English Translation of the Ustase Law "On the Protection of Aryan Blood..."

Decree: On the Establishment of Courts-Martial
May 17, 1941: The complete text in English translation of the decree which established courts-martial for civilians in the Independent State of Croatia, in which the only legal sentence permitted was death by firing squad

Decree: On the Croatian Language, Its Purity and Spelling
August 14, 1941: Mile Budak on how people should talk and write, with a promise to "determine penalties for the protection of the purity of the language and its spelling"

Decree: Ustase Command-Dubrovnik Order No. 188:44
June 25, 1941: Prohibition on radios and forbidding Jews and Serbs from congregating at night, signed by Dubrovnik prefect Ivo Rojnica

 

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