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The Constitutional Court annulled the provision of the Registry Act that the new rules (from came i2020) shall be applied to ongoing legal gender recognition proceedings as well
Whether abolishing the Equal Treatment Authority and transferring its tasks to the Ombudsman decreases the level of protection against discrimination
The Bill on the Ninth Amendment of the Fundamental Law, proposed by the Government, addresses the issue of gender identity on two points, by claiming that “the mother is a woman and the father is a man”, and that “Hungary protects children’s right to identity in line with their birth-sex”
Whether abolishing the Equal Treatment Authority and transferring its tasks to the Ombudsman decreases the level of protection against discrimination
Discriminatory practice
Whether Hungary’s new law that prevents courts from imposing pecuniary compensation for fundamental rights violations in education are in compliance with the EU acquis
By introducing the concept of ‘birth sex’, the amendment of the Registry Act makes the legal recognition of gender change impossible in Hungary
Whether Hungary’s plans to prevent courts from imposing pecuniary compensation for fundamental rights violations in education are in compliance with the EU acquis
Whether damages are payable to individual victims of educational segregation to compensate for the disadvantages they suffered as a result of the segregation
Whether the contents and implementation of equal opportunity plans adopted by certain employers can be examined and assessed by the Equal Treatment Authority
Time-limit for filing complaints with the Equal Treatment Authority in the case of continuing violations starts when the violation ends
Newly elected Mayor unblocks access to LBGTQI-themed websites for employees
Prime minister and other prominent politicians conduct concerted campaign questioning the justification of awarding damages to Roma pupils for decade-long segregation
Whether damages are payable to individual victims of educational segregation to compensate for the disadvantages they suffered as a result of the segregation
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
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
Country reports
State of affairs 1 January 2020
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2020
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2019
State of affairs 1 January 2019
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
