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Human Rights Commissioner Calls on Hungarian President To Send Courts Package Back to Parliament

Dunja Mijatović, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, called on the Hungarian President to reject the legislative package on administrative courts. The Hungarian Government recently adopted a...

by LibertiesEU

Dunja Mijatović, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, called on the Hungarian President to reject the legislative package on administrative courts. The Hungarian Government recently adopted a package establishing an administrative court system, which raises serious issues surrounding the independence of the judiciary. The system will come into effect in 2020 and gives significant powers to the Minister of Justice. Mijatović regrets that the government did not wait for the legal advice from the Venice Commission and that public consultation on the initiative was very limited.

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