Commission Report 2002 (Hungary)
Hungary continues to respect human rights and freedoms.
This was the conclusion of the 1997 Opinion and the subsequent Regular
Reports, and has been confirmed over the past year. The following section
focuses on the most significant developments since the last Regular Report.
Hungary has acceded to most of the major human rights instruments (see
annex). In May 2002, Hungary signed Protocol No 13 to the European Convention
on Human Rights on the abolition of the death penalty in all
circumstances.
Whilst the Constitution provides for equal treatment and protection
against discrimination, Hungary does not yet have a unified law against
discrimination. The current anti-discrimination legislation is fragmented,
with provisions in, among others, the Laws on Labour, Public Education,
Health Care and Minorities. Moreover, there is no comprehensive system to
effectively enforce the implementation of anti-discrimination legislation.
Thus, the majority of anti-discrimination provisions are not yet backed up by
appropriate sanctions.
The new Government has now decided to present a comprehensive
anti-discrimination law to Parliament in autumn 2002, which should ensure the
transposition and implementation of the anti-discrimination acquis based on
article 13 of the EC Treaty (see Chapter 13 - Social policy and
employment).
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