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Romanian Voters Boycott Gay Marriage Poll

Marriage remains defined as an union between spouses in the Romanian constitution, after only 20% of registered voters turned out in the referendum. A minimum of 30% was needed to validate the vote.

Romania , referendum , same-sex marriage , Constitution
October 09, 2018 • The Association for the Defense of Human Rights in Romania – the Helsinki Committee
Hungary's 7-Year-Old Constitution Is Amended for the 7th Time

In addition to adopting the act known as Stop Soros, the Hungarian government has amended the Fundamental Law, the nation's Constitution.

Hungary , Constitution , Stop Soros
June 28, 2018 • Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
Association Antigone Calls on Italy's President to Safeguard Constitutional Values

The government deal signed by the Five Star Movement and the League includes a chapter that has caused great concerns for those who defend constitutional values. For example, while the Italian Constitution refers to...

Antigone , prison , constitutional values , Constitution
June 26, 2018 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Hungarian MP Proposes to Make Homelessness Unconstitutional

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s former lawyer, Fidesz MP Istvan Bajkai, wants to amend the Constitution to ban homeless people from living and sleeping in public spaces in Hungary. He told news outlets that homeless...

Hungary , Constitution , homlessness , shelter , ban
June 18, 2018 • LibertiesEU
Rights Groups Bring Pressure for LGBTI Protection in Dutch Constitution

Dutch rights groups are calling on the country's interior minister to express the need to explicitly prohibit LGBTI discrimination in the Constitution.

COC Netherlands , LGBTI , discrimination , Constitution
January 25, 2018 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Lithuanian Parliament Rejects Individual Appeals to Constitutional Court

The Lithuanian Parliament rejected amendments to the Constitution granting individuals the right to petition the Constitutional Court. The amendment sought to widen the list of petitioners able to appeal to the Court...

Lithuania , Constitution , judiciary
July 07, 2017 • Human Rights Monitoring Institute
Polish Authorities' Newspapers May Violate Constitution

Local authorities around Poland are often involved in publishing newspapers with commercial ad columns. Such activity raises doubts about its compatibility with many parts of the Constitution. Local authorities, by...

Poland , press , local authorities , Constitution , freedom of the press , media , newspaper , Constitutional Tribunal
May 25, 2016 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Your Faith, Your Concern: HCLU Launches Campaign for the Proper Amendment to Hungary's Church Act

The planned amendment of the law does not ensure remedies to human rights violations identified by the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights.

freedom of religion , church , Hungary , Constitution , European Court of Human Rights , ECHR , ECtHR , Church Act
March 15, 2016 • Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
Equal Treatment of Gays in Dutch Constitution

Sexual orientation and handicap should be mentioned in Article 1 of the Constitution, which forbids discrimination, Dutch State Secretary of Social Affairs Jetta Klijnsma has said. Klijnsma is of the opinion that this...

the Netherlands , equal treatment , Constitution , State Secretary Klijnsma , LGBTI , people with disabilities
February 15, 2016 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Freedom of the Press Violated by Dutch State in Detention Photos Case

A secret contract imposed on a photographer who wanted to publish photos of a Dutch detention center constituted a violated of the freedom of expression.

Netherlands , freedom of press , freedom of information , Robert Glas , Department of Security and Justice , NVJ , Article 10 ECHR , Article 7 , Constitution , censorship , Frans-Willem Verbaas , Collet Advocaten Alkmaar , #dutchcourtrooms
January 14, 2016 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
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