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Minority Ombudsman Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay participated at the high level conference: „Council of Europe norms and standards on national minority rights: Results and challenges”
Hungary will chair the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers in Strasbourg from 21 May to 17 November 2021. The promotion of effective protection of national minorities is a priority in the Hungarian Presidency's draft programme, and a high-level conference on Council of Europe norms and standards on national minority rights: results and challenges was jointly organised by the Council of Europe and Hungary on 29 June, in which the Minority Ombudsman participated as a key expert.
2021. július. 13.
"Today's Work - Tomorrow's Success" Conference
The Minority Ombudsman also participated and gave a closing speech at the professional conference "Today's Work - Tomorrow's Success" organised by the National Roma Cultural and Media Centre on 6 July.
2021. július. 09.
Roundtable discussion on the protection of the constitutional values of minority rights
The Minority Ombudsman participated in the international conference "Nation, Community, Minority, Identity: the role of national constitutional courts in protecting the constitutional values of minority rights"
2021. július. 09.
2020 Report of the Ombudsman and the Minority Ombudsman
The Ombudsman's report at the session of the National Assembly on the activities of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and his deputies in 2020
2021. május. 12.
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION WITH THE MTVA'S SENIOR STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONALITY CONTENT
The Minority Ombudsman's meeting with István Galambos, Director General for Programs of the MTVA, and Kolos Andrónyi, Head of the Editorial Office for Nationalities and Hungarians Abroad
2021. február. 18.
Professional consultation between the Deputy People's Advocate in Romania and the Minority Ombudsman of Hungary
One of the cornerstones of the work of the Minority Ombudsman is the exchange of experiences and the exploration and implementation of opportunities for joint work with partner organisations. In this spirit, Zsolt Molnár, Deputy People's Advocate (Avocatul Poporului) for Human Rights, Equal Opportunities, Religious Affairs and National Minorities and the Minority Ombudsman met in the online space on the afternoon of 10 March.
2021. március. 13.
FUEN conference "Minority Protection and the Rights of Ethnic Groups in Central and Central-Eastern Europe"
The Minority Ombudsman gave a presentation at the FUEN - Federal Union of European Nationalities conference on "Minority Protection and the Rights of Ethnic Groups in Central and Central-Eastern Europe".
2021. március. 25.
Mikó evening with the Minority Ombudsman
The law students of Mikó Imre College for Advanced Studies in Cluj hosted a professional evening with Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay, Minority Ombudsman
and the head of her secretariat, Tamás Török.
2021. március. 27.
Enforcement of minority rights in times of a pandemic
On 8 April, the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Pécs organised an international conference entitled "The Pandemic and the Law",
which explored the legal effects of the pandemic in different areas of law, with the help of international legal perspectives.
2021. április. 08.
General Comment No. 4/2020 of the Minority Ombudsman on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on nationality communities
The primary goal of the General Comment is to present how the coronavirus state of emergency declared by the Government of Hungary has affected the operation of nationality self-governments and public educational institutions performing nationality education tasks.
2021. április. 08.
General Comment No. 6/2020. of the Minority Ombudsman on the measures related to damaging the Roma Holocaust Memorial in Budapest and the need for stepping up against incidents motivated by hatred
The general comment draws attention to the fact that acts of hate and hate speech, which are commonplace, pose extreme threats to social peace, even if they do not reach the level of crime, and that it is in our common social interest to prevent and combat them.
2021. április. 09.
General Comment No. 5/2020. of the Minority Ombudsman on statements insulting the German nationality community, the need to take action against hate speech and the possibilities for taking action against harmful content on video-sharing platforms
General Comment No. 5/2020. investigated actual statements insulting the German nationality community, underlined the need to take action against hate speech and examined the possibilities for taking action against harmful content on video-sharing platforms.
2021. április. 09.