Introduction of The European Constitutional Communication Network

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Author: Dóra Horváth

In January 2021 the Hungarian Constitutional Court launched an ambitious project with the aim to encourage the use of foreign jurisprudence in constitutional adjudication by setting up an English-language database of European constitutional court decisions. The European Constitutional Communication Network, ECCN in short, stands for both an online database as well as an international collaboration of eight… Tovább

Freedom of Assembly in Pandemic Times – Practice and Experience¹

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Author: Lóránt Csink
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The balance between security and freedom is not permanent: the more you feel your security endangered, the more you are willing to sacrifice freedom. In the latest times this statement was verified; during the pandemic people gave up such a great part of their freedom they would not have believed earlier. How long should security last and where is the point where freedom becomes emphasised again? Using the … Tovább

Restrictions on the right to peaceful assembly during the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular with regard to the imposition of a general ban on assembly¹

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Author: Gábor Kurunczi
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The right to peaceful assembly is one of the most important fundamental rights in a democratic constitutional state. It is through the exercise of this right that (among other things) freedom of expression and control of power can be exercised over the leadership of a country. However, the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020 led to the introduction of special legal regimes in some countries,… Tovább

The jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Hungary concerning freedom of expression in relation to the right to human dignity¹

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Author: Zoltán J. Tóth

Aspects of the protection of freedom of expression in public life as a fundamental right: from public figures to public affairs

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The Hungarian Constitutional Court considers the freedom of speech and the freedom of press as “particularly precious”, which can only be restricted in particularly justified cases and under strict conditions. The present study first provides an overview of the earlier case-law… Tovább

The protection of health in the practice of the German and Hungarian constitutional courts¹

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Author: Kinga Zakariás
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The protection of health takes on particular importance in times of epidemics, when the individual rights of patients are opposed to the protection of public health, and in particular, the health of especially vulnerable groups to epidemics. The restrictions introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic made it clear that the public health and epidemiological public interest in health care can override… Tovább

Leeway for limiting fundamental rights in emergency situations – with due consideration to the unique nature of the right to a healthy environment and Article P(1) of the Fundamental Law of Hungary²

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Author: Sándor Szemesi
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The COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent war between Russia and Ukraine, brought unprecedented changes not only to everyday life, but also to the Hungarian legal system. In Hungary, first because of the COVID-19 pandemic and then because of the war between Russia and Ukraine, a special legal order has been in place from March 2020 onwards, essentially continuously (except for a short period from 18 June … Tovább

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