Márta Pardavi
Co-chair of Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social, working on strengthening the rule of law and the work of human rights defenders.
Most of the time in Budapest, Hungary.
Most of the time in Budapest, Hungary.
Trick and Treat?: Hungary's Game of Non-Complianceverfassungsblog.de Almost a year has passed since the European Union decided to block the payment of EUR 27 billion in union funds to Hungary under several instruments. Access to the largest part of the frozen funds - a...
Flash analysis on latest judicial reform proposals - Hungarian Helsinki Committeehelsinki.hu Less than one week before the scheduled decision on compliance with the judicial super milestones by the European Commission, the Hungarian government launched last-minute legislative amendments to co...
The Proposed Regime Defence Law is Bound to Fail - Hungarian Helsinki Committeehelsinki.hu Fidesz presented a package of laws that are called "defense of sovereignty" but are in fact designed to protect the arbitrary exercise of power.
Hungary should submit the bill on the ‘defence of national sovereignty’ to the Venice Commission...pace.coe.int The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Hungary by PACE, Eerik-Niiles Kross (Estonia, ALDE) and George Papandreou (Greece, SOC), have made the following statement:
“We were informed that the Hungar...
Hungary: The proposal for a “defence of national sovereignty” package should be abandonedwww.coe.int Strasbourg 27/11/2023
Viktor Orbán's New Assault on Free Media and Civil Societyvisegradinsight.eu Hungary's draft Sovereignty Protection bill will serve as an informal campaign tool at least until the June 2024 EP elections and will most likely be challenged by the European Commission, but its chi...
Orbán blijft populair, maar wat Nederlandse migranten niet zien: ‘Angst drijft Hongaren in Orbán...www.nd.nl Weer ligt de Hongaarse premier Viktor Orbán dwars in Europa: hij frustreert de gesprekken over het EU-lidmaatschap van Oekraïne. In eigen land knaagt hij bovendien aan de rechtsstaat. Waarom is Orb�...
Assessing Hungary's current compliance with conditions to access EU funds - Hungarian Helsinki Commi...helsinki.hu The Hungarian government had not taken adequate steps in order to fully address the rule of law, corruption and human rights concerns raised by EU institutions, and so it had not complied with most of...
Black propaganda campaigns in the Orbán regime444.hu If the machinery targets you, there is no escape. One of the most important and powerful weapons of the Orbán regime was first used against political opponents – but now anyone could be targeted.
Comparing Three Financial Conditionality Regimes and their Application to Hungary: The Conditionalit...papers.ssrn.com For many years, democracy and the rule of law (including the respect for fundamental rights) have been systematically eroding in certain Member States of the Eu
LinkedIn says spy firm targeted Hungarian activists, journalists before 2022 election | Reuterswww.reuters.com Private spy firm Black Cube was behind a hidden video campaign that used LinkedIn to target Hungarian activists and journalists leading to last year's election in the central European country, the pro...
The Right To Die Like The Trees: Standingverfassungsblog.de My name is dr. Dániel András Karsai. I am a human rights attorney. I am also terminally ill. In August 2022, I was diagnosed with ALS. ALS is a so-called motor neurone disease. ALS leads to an extre...
Hungary bans teenagers from World Press Photo exhibit, citing LGBT content | Reuterswww.reuters.com Hungary's government has banned youngsters under 18 from visiting the World Press Photo exhibition on display in Budapest, citing LGBT content in some of the photos.
State of danger to be extended again – with a one-sentence justification - Hungarian Helsinki Comm...helsinki.hu The Hungarian government declared a state of danger for the first time in March 2020. Under a draft law recently put to public consultation, this would soon be extended again, until the end of May 202...
Judicial Transitology: What to do with Poland's Neo-Judgesverfassungsblog.de The rule of law crisis in Poland consists of several elements – undermining the independence of courts, politicization of disciplinary proceedings against judges, and lack of legal certainty. None o...
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