Hungary
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Difficulties concerning the enforcement of equality body decisions
Whether differentiation in social benefits based on long-term illness constitutes discrimination
Whether harassing municipal practices targeting the Roma population amount to a violation of the Roma victims’ human dignity
Whether blocking access to LBGTQI-themed websites for employees constitutes discrimination
Whether a trans woman should be provided with access to women’s changing room at her workplace
The Hungarian government launched a complex set of policies aimed at increasing fertility rates
Discriminatory practice
Education ministry’s responsibility for segregation in state-run school system
Whether student loan repayment alleviations provided by the government for mothers of at least two children qualifies as discrimination based on sex
Curia ruled in a case on the right to equal pay for equal work that it shall be considered under the anti-discrimination legislative framework, and that the shift of the burden of proof in discrimination cases requires the respondent to prove the absence of causality between the protected characteristic and the suffered disadvantage
Whether harassing municipal practices targeting the Roma population amount to a violation of the Roma victims’ human dignity
Application of rules shifting the burden of proof in employment discrimination cases, especially in situations taking place during probationary period
Application of the shift of burden of proof in discrimination cases related to employment, especially in situations during probationary period
Whether damages are payable to individual victims of educational segregation to compensate for the disadvantages they suffered as a result of the segregation
Education ministry’s responsibility for segregation in state-run school system
The state of affairs regarding segregation in the Hungarian system of public education
The new approach of the ETA to reach an agreement between parties to a case could lead to more a satisfactory outcome in discriminatory cases than the application of legally stipulated sanctions
Equal treatment in employment training
Case of indirect pay discrimination
Whether the subsidiary of the municipality discriminated against the LGBTQ Sport Club on the basis of its members’ sexual orientation and gender identity
Whether the fact that no accessible online cash registers are available in the Hungarian market is a violation of the rights of those blind or visually impaired persons who would be required to use them in relation to the services or goods they offer
Checking only a Roma passenger’s train ticket on the railroad platform amounts to discrimination
Whether it is possible to order effective measures to combat school segregation, such as the effective closing down of a segregated school
The hostility against gender politics endangers the needed ratification of the Istanbul Convention in the near future
Application of the rules of proof in a situation when the victim of discrimination is alone
Country reports
State of affairs 1 January 2018
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2018
State of affairs 01 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2016
State of affairs 01 January 2016
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2015
State of affairs 01 January 2015
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2014?
State of affairs up to 1st January 2014
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2013?
State of affairs up to 1st January 2013
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