Human rights in Hungary are governed by the Constitution of Hungary, laws passed by the National Assembly, and oversight of international organizations...

European Union. In July 2020, the European Commission started legal action against Hungary and Poland for violations of fundamental rights of LGBTQI people...

United Nations Human Rights Council in 2006. It was a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and was also assisted in its work by...

Human rights are universally recognized moral principles or norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both national...

prostitution. The U.S. State Department's report on human rights in Hungary states that although Hungary does not fully comply with minimum standards for...

fundamental human rights in both Europe and its colonies. 1215: Magna Carta 1222: Golden Bull of 1222 of Hungary defines the first time the rights of the nobility...

"All victims of human rights abuses should be able to look to the Human Rights Council as a forum and a springboard for action." — Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General...

Human rights in Poland are enumerated in the second chapter of its Constitution, ratified in 1997. Poland is a party to several international agreements...

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international...

Hungarian government actively monitored immigration and emigration patterns for evidence of trafficking. Human rights in Hungary Human trafficking in...

Helsinki Committees for Human Rights exist in many European countries (and in the wider OSCE region) as volunteer, non-profit organizations devoted to...

of Human Rights in 1948, the current legal framework for human rights in Canada consists of constitutional entitlements, and statutory human rights codes...

imprisoned in a Nazi labor camp in Hungary." Representative Nancy Pelosi, "The World Lost One Of Its Greatest Champions Of Human Rights" on YouTube video, 7 min...

human rights into three generations was initially proposed in 1979 by the Czech jurist Karel Vasak at the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg...

Romani people in Hungary (also known as roma or Romani Hungarians; Hungarian: magyarországi romák, magyar cigányok) are Hungarian citizens of Romani descent...

constitutional monarchy. The Human Rights Scores Dataverse ranked Japan somewhere in the middle among G7 countries on its human rights performance, below Germany...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human...

Human rights in India is an issue complicated by the country's large size and population as well as its diverse culture, despite its status as the world's...

Human rights are codified in the Dutch constitution. Together with other European states, the Netherlands is often at or near the head in international...

The United Nations Human Rights Committee is a treaty body composed of 18 experts, established by a 1966 human rights treaty, the International Covenant...

key priorities of its human rights policy outlined in the EU guidelines on the death penalty. Many citizens and officials in Hungary do not agree with this...

at the time boycotting the vote. It was condemned by human rights groups and left-wing Hungarian opposition parties as discriminatory against the LGBT...

The Rafto Foundation for Human Rights was established in 1986 in memory of Thorolf Rafto, a professor of economic history at the Norwegian School of Economics...

Human rights in Romania are generally respected by the government. However, there have been concerns regarding allegations of police brutality, mistreatment...

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia...

Communist rule in the mid-20th century. Religious rights were restored following the end of Communism in Hungary, but the government under Viktor Orbán has been...

national human rights institution (NHRI) is an independent state-based institution with the responsibility to broadly protect and promote human rights in a given...

on Human Rights (ECHR). The court hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights enumerated in the...

Human rights in Saudi Arabia are a topic of concern and controversy. Known for its executions of political protesters and opponents, the government of...

defender of the rule of law and of human rights - as several reports of independent human rights NGOs, such as the Hungarian Helsinki Committee emphasize....