167 result(s) for un rights committee in Current Affairs
Gov’t Committed to Building 'Family-Centered Child Protection'
- 29 Sep 2021 8:05 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is committed to “making the country’s child protection system family-oriented”, a state secretary of the human resources ministry told a conference in Budapest held under the auspices of Hungary’s Council of Europe presidency.
Hungarian Opinion: Weeklies On Fidesz’s Future Outside European People’s Party
- 18 Mar 2021 11:03 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Although Fidesz has only left the People’s Party group within the European Parliament, weeklies take it for granted that it will also leave the European Christian democratic alliance itself. They wonder what comes next.
EU Commissioner Calls For Continued Article 7 Procedure Against Hungary & Poland
- 2 Dec 2020 9:29 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The European Union’s Article 7 procedures currently under way against Hungary and Poland should be upheld until issues around the rule of law in those countries are resolved, Didier Reynders, EU Commissioner for Justice, told the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs (LIBE), in Brussels.
Opinion: Budapest’s First Year Under Opposition Rule
- 22 Oct 2020 11:40 AM
- current affairs
At the end of February, representatives of opposition parties governing Budapest gathered for a tense, closed door meeting in Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony’s conference room, reports Direkt36.
Coronavirus: Hungary's Response Measures Consistent With European Law
- 14 Oct 2020 8:01 AM
- current affairs
The emergency measures implemented by Hungary to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic are consistent with European law, Fidesz MP Barna Pál Zsigmond said after a meeting of the standing committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg.
Opinion: How Covid-19 Epidemic Disrupted PM Orbán’s Machinery
- 7 May 2020 7:35 AM
- current affairs
In a two-minute video published on his Facebook page on Thursday before Easter, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made important announcements. He spoke with his usual confidence but, perhaps as a sign of hurried times, he read some parts of his speech from handwritten paper notes.
UN Urges Hungary To End 'Restrictions On Persons With Disabilities'
- 21 Apr 2020 7:51 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s laws, policies and practices which often result in persons with disabilities being placed under guardianship, and in many cases being institutionalised, are grave and systematic violations of their rights, UN experts have found after an extensive inquiry.
Opinion: U.S. Helsinki Commission’s Press Release On Hungary’s Emergency Law
- 6 Apr 2020 7:37 AM
- http://hungarianspectrum.org/
- current affairs
Following the Hungarian Parliament’s decision on Monday to accept Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s request for unlimited power to rule by decree in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Helsinki Commission Chairman Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (FL-20) issued the following statement:
Rally For Homeless In Budapest On 10 December
- 6 Dec 2019 11:13 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the Civil Liberties Union and the Street Lawyer Association are organising a demonstration on December 10, the, UN’s Human Rights Day, against the criminalisation of homelessness.
Gov’t Committed to Building 'Family-Centered Child Protection'
- 29 Sep 2021 8:05 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is committed to “making the country’s child protection system family-oriented”, a state secretary of the human resources ministry told a conference in Budapest held under the auspices of Hungary’s Council of Europe presidency.
Hungarian Opinion: Weeklies On Fidesz’s Future Outside European People’s Party
- 18 Mar 2021 11:03 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Although Fidesz has only left the People’s Party group within the European Parliament, weeklies take it for granted that it will also leave the European Christian democratic alliance itself. They wonder what comes next.
EU Commissioner Calls For Continued Article 7 Procedure Against Hungary & Poland
- 2 Dec 2020 9:29 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The European Union’s Article 7 procedures currently under way against Hungary and Poland should be upheld until issues around the rule of law in those countries are resolved, Didier Reynders, EU Commissioner for Justice, told the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs (LIBE), in Brussels.
Opinion: Budapest’s First Year Under Opposition Rule
- 22 Oct 2020 11:40 AM
- current affairs
At the end of February, representatives of opposition parties governing Budapest gathered for a tense, closed door meeting in Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony’s conference room, reports Direkt36.
Coronavirus: Hungary's Response Measures Consistent With European Law
- 14 Oct 2020 8:01 AM
- current affairs
The emergency measures implemented by Hungary to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic are consistent with European law, Fidesz MP Barna Pál Zsigmond said after a meeting of the standing committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg.
Opinion: How Covid-19 Epidemic Disrupted PM Orbán’s Machinery
- 7 May 2020 7:35 AM
- current affairs
In a two-minute video published on his Facebook page on Thursday before Easter, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made important announcements. He spoke with his usual confidence but, perhaps as a sign of hurried times, he read some parts of his speech from handwritten paper notes.
UN Urges Hungary To End 'Restrictions On Persons With Disabilities'
- 21 Apr 2020 7:51 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s laws, policies and practices which often result in persons with disabilities being placed under guardianship, and in many cases being institutionalised, are grave and systematic violations of their rights, UN experts have found after an extensive inquiry.
Opinion: U.S. Helsinki Commission’s Press Release On Hungary’s Emergency Law
- 6 Apr 2020 7:37 AM
- http://hungarianspectrum.org/
- current affairs
Following the Hungarian Parliament’s decision on Monday to accept Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s request for unlimited power to rule by decree in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Helsinki Commission Chairman Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (FL-20) issued the following statement:
Rally For Homeless In Budapest On 10 December
- 6 Dec 2019 11:13 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the Civil Liberties Union and the Street Lawyer Association are organising a demonstration on December 10, the, UN’s Human Rights Day, against the criminalisation of homelessness.