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Equal Treatment Authority fines Hungarian university for banning LGBTQI roundtable
A Debreceni Egyetem főépülete (forrás: Wikipedia)
Thursday, May 31, 2018

The banning of an LGBTQI roundtable in April 2016 by the University of Debrecen and its subsidiary amounted to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity - decided the Equal Treatment Authority, and imposed a fine of 100.000 HUF on the University.

Court: Hungary to recognize foreign same-sex marriages as registered partnerships
Sajtóközlemény - Jogerős: A magyar államnak is el kell ismernie a külföldi melegházasságokat bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolatként
Thursday, February 8, 2018

Same-sex marriages conducted abroad have to be recognized in Hungary as registered partnerships - says in a binding decision the Regional Court of Budapest. The case was launched by an American-Hungarian lesbian couple, whose Belgian marriage the Hungarian authorities would not register. Háttér Society provided legal representation to the couple.

Hungarian ombuds finds rejection of lesbian woman’s application to adopt unlawful
Sajtóközlemény - Ombudsman: Jogellenes volt a pécsi leszbikus nő örökbefogadási kérelmének elutasítása
Thursday, November 23, 2017

A recently published report of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights found that the Hungarian authorities’ decision to reject the application of a woman living with her same-sex partner to adopt a 16-month-old Roma girl infringed on the child’s right to protection and care, and amounted to unlawful discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Highest ever fine imposed on swimming-pool discriminating against LGBTQ sports club in Hungary
Kép: Atlasz Sportegyesület/Facebook
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

The Equal Treatment Authority found that a local-government run swimming pool discriminated against an LGBTQ sports club when it declined to rent out two of its swimming lanes for a sport event. The Authority imposed a fine of 1 million HUF.

Hungary: same-sex registered partners to receive all tax benefits afforded to spouses
Hungary: same-sex registered partners to receive all tax benefits afforded to spouses
Saturday, February 11, 2017

The National Tax and Customs Administration announced to revise its earlier policy discriminating against same-sex registered partners in matters of inheritance and personal income tax.

Perpetrators of racist-homophobic attack receive prison sentence in Hungary
Sajtóközlemény - Letöltendő börtön a melegeket és romákat verő gárdistáknak
Monday, November 7, 2016

Five men were found guilty of violence against a member of a community for attacking three participants of the Budapest Pride on July 6, 2013.

 
Hungarian Court awards compensation to lesbian mother whose child was rejected by a school
Bíróság: kártérítést kell fizetnie az iskolának, amiért nem vették fel a leszbikus szülők gyermekét
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

In its binding decision the Metropolitan Court of Budapest ordered the Kispesti Waldorf School to pay 350,000 forints (c. €1,100) and its interests for having rejected the application of a student in 2013 after his mother told the school that the child was raised by two mothers. The plaintiff was represented by Háttér Society.

Equal Treatment Authority: Rejection of transgender job applicant was unlawful
Sajtóközlemény - EBH: Jogellenesen utasították el a transznemű álláspályázót
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

The Equal Treatment Authority found discrimination based on gender identity for the first time in a case concerning an employer’s rejection of a transgender job applicant. 

Gay Brazilian students assaulted in Budapest - court finds perpetrators guilty of hate crime
Brazil melegeket támadtak meg az Oktogonon - elítélte őket a bíróság
Monday, February 15, 2016

Two young men were convicted for the crime of violence against a member of a community for attacking and spitting at two gay Brazilian students studying in Budapest on April 21, 2014.

Suspended prison sentence for threatening participants of the Budapest Pride
Sajtóközlemény: Felfüggesztett börtön a Pride résztvevőinek fenyegetéséért
Friday, February 5, 2016

Extreme right-wing activist found guildy of committing a hate crime for insulting participants of the Budapest Pride in 2012.

 

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