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More than 60 transgender Hungarians have submitted applications to the European Court of Human Rights
More than 60 transgender Hungarians have submitted applications to the European Court of Human Rights
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Following the shameful decision of the Hungarian Constitutional Court in February 2023, the Legal Aid Service of Háttér Society decided to turn to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to get legal gender recognition restored in Hungary. Nearly a hundred people responded to our call in February 2023, and as part of our strategic litigation, we have so far submitted over 70 applications to the ECtHR. 

We wrote an open letter to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Nyílt levelet írtunk az Európai Unió Alapjogi Ügynökségének
Monday, February 19, 2024

At the end of January 2024, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a report on the Hungarian child protection system prepared by the National University of Public Service and the Office of the Fundamental Rights Commissioner. Together with three other organisations, we protested in an open letter that the document presents the anti-LGBTQI legislation, known as the Propaganda Law, as a 'promising practice'

Slow acceptance of LGBTQI community shows in recent research: Eurobarometer 2023
Lassú magyar nyitás az LMBTQI közösség elfogadása felé: Eurobarométer 2023
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Compared to 2019, the acceptance of the LGBTQI community in Hungary has shown a tentative increase. More and more people are aware that LGBTQI people face exclusion, with a coextensive increase in the number of people who would feel comfortable in the company of an LGBTQI person in different areas of life. More Hungarians are also in favour of young people learning about minority identities.

International workshop on hate crimes
Háttér Society held a workshop on victim-centered good practices that also consider intersectionality in hate crime proceedings
Monday, September 25, 2023

Háttér Society held a workshop on victim-centered good practices that also consider intersectionality in hate crime proceedings

Report in the public interest: recognise same-sex marriages concluded abroad!
Report in the public interest: recognise same-sex marriages concluded abroad!
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Háttér Society has submitted a report in the public interest to the Ministry of Justice proposing that the law should recognise same-sex marriages concluded abroad as registered partnerships in Hungary. 

Háttér Society co-organised a successful multi-stakeholder workshop about victim-centredness and intersectionality in hate crimes
Háttér Society co-organised a successful multi-stakeholder workshop about victim-centredness and intersectionality in hate crimes
Monday, August 14, 2023

On July 3, 2023 Háttér Society, in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights responsible for the protection of the rights of nationalities living in Hungary organised a workshop titled Victim-centred approach and intersectionality in the fight against hate crimes. The event, which formed part of the EU-funded international project Counter Hate created a unique opportunity for both public and civil actors to discuss victim-centeredness and intersectionality in hate crimes, and hate crime related issues in general.

Joint letter with ILGA-Europe: New draft law in Hungary seeks to exculde trans women from pension benefits
Joint letter with ILGA-Europe: New draft law in Hungary seeks to exculde trans women from pension benefits
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Along with ILGA-Europe we have sent a letter to European Commission President von der Leyen, alerting her to a new draft law in Hungary excluding trans women from accessing pension benefits for women. This runs contrary to the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights and Hungarian case law.

The act on whistleblower protection does not outlaw rainbow families
A bejelentővédelmi törvény nem teszi jogellenessé a szivárványcsaládokat
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Although the recently passed legislation will further strengthen anti-LGBTQI public sentiment, the provisions of the new law do not create a basis for legal persecution of rainbow families.

European Commission: the so-called "child protection" law is bleeding from a thousand wounds
European Commission: the so-called "child protection" law is bleeding from a thousand wounds
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

A year and a half  after announcing the infringement proceeding, the Court of Justice of the European Union today has published the European Commission's action against Hungary over the so-called "child protection" law. EU Member States have six weeks to join the CJEU's case.

Hungarian Constitutional Court goes against its own previous position: legal gender recognition remains impossible
Hungarian Constitutional Court goes against its own previous position: legal gender recognition remains impossible
Friday, February 3, 2023

The Constitutional Court on February 2, 2023 finally rendered its decision in one of the pending cases on the impossibility of legal gender recognition for trans people. The decision ignores the Court's own previous decisions and unequivocally contradicts international human rights standards. Háttér Society is taking the cases to Strasbourg. 

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