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Hungary laws undermining human rights: HRW
May 17, 2013 by Alison Sacriponte
Hungarian laws introduced by the ruling Fidesz party in 2010 are undermining human rights, according to a report published Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). According to HRW, the new constitution and laws are negatively affecting human rights and the rule of law. The 29-page report states.... [more]
EU official: Hungary must reinstate judges, prosecutors forced to retire
April 18, 2013 by Laura Klein Mullen
EU Commissioner of Justice Viviane Reding spoke out on Wednesday against Hungary's failure to reinstate judges and prosecutors who had been forced into early retirement. Last November the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down a Hungarian law that lowered the age of retirement for judges and.... [more]
Constitutionalism in Hungary: Undermining the Fundamental Law [op-ed]
April 12, 2013 by Ben Klaber
JURIST Guest Columnist Gabor Halmai of Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest says that the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary undermines several constitutional rights and implicates the entire scheme of constitutionalism in Hungary...On February 26, 2013, Hungary's C....... [more]
UN rights experts criticize Hungary law criminalizing homelessness
April 3, 2013 by Michael Haggerson
Two UN human rights experts were critical of the Hungarian Parliament on Wednesday for passing an amendment to the Hungarian Fundamental Law that criminalizes homelessness. Hungary is estimated to currently have 30,000 homeless individuals. The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human.... [more]
Hungary lawmakers approve controversial constitutional amendments
March 12, 2013 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The Hungarian Parliament on Monday approved controversial amendments to the country's constitution. The amendments, approved by a vote of 265-11, with 33 abstentions, include several provisions previously struck down by the country's Constitutional Court. The amendments limit that court's powers,.... [more]
Hungary Constitutional Court strikes down church law
February 26, 2013 by Matthew Pomy
The Constitutional Court of Hungary on Tuesday struck down a law that outlines how churches are given official designation, finding that it was too political. Under the law, only Parliament could give churches official status. The law did not contain an appeals process, and there was no.... [more]
Europe rights court condemns Hungary segregation of Roma students
January 31, 2013 by Addison Morris
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Hungary violated the European Convention on Human Rights by discriminating against Roma children and wrongly placing them in remedial schools. Istvan Horvath and Andras Kiss, two Roma men from the town of Nyiregyhaza, filed their claim.... [more]
Hungary top court declares new electoral law unconstitutional
January 4, 2013 by Peter Snyder
The Constitutional Court of Hungary on Friday struck down an electoral law requiring voters to register to vote at least two weeks before elections in 2014. The new rules had been proposed by the conservative Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The new electoral law was passed by the.... [more]
EU court strikes down Hungary law lowering retirement age for judges
November 6, 2012 by Sarah Paulsworth
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday struck down a Hungarian law that lowered the mandatory retirement age for judges. Hungary's Law No LXVII of 1997 on the legal status and remuneration of judge was amended in 2011 to require all judges, prosecutors and notaries to retire at the age of.... [more]
Alleged Nazi war criminal seeks damages from Australia for false imprisonment
October 29, 2012 by Brandon Gatto
An alleged Nazi war criminal has filed a writ to sue the Australian government for wrongful imprisonment after being jailed on a charge of killing an 18-year-old Jewish man in Hungary in 1944. Charles Zentai, a 91-year-old former Nazi and resident of Perth, was imprisoned for almost two months in.... [more]
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