PRAVO NA UPOTREBU USLUGE TUMAČA ZA ZNAKOVNI JEZIK U GRAĐANSKOM SUDSKOM POSTUPKU

The paper presents and analyzes the rights of persons who has very little or no functional hearing in public life and in civil court proceedings and their right to use their natural, sign language in the procedure for providing legal protection and to use the services of a court interpreter for sign language. A licensed court interpreter for sign language, who has the status of an official in the proceedings, by providing translation services by translating from sign language to spoken official language in oral proceedings and vice versa, removes communication barriers for the court, parties and other participants in the proceedings during the oral hearing. The content of the service provided by a court interpreter for sign language depends on the type of procedure for providing legal protection and the procedural action undertaken in a specific civil court proceeding.