Hungary
Non-discrimination law | András Kádár | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Gender equality law | Lídia Hermina Balogh | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Legal developments
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
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