Hungary

Reports, comments and letters

 Year: 2016

 Report of the country visit 

Comments by the Hungarian Government

 Letter to the Permanent Representative of Hungary to the Council of Europe (9 July 2026) - In English

 Letter to the Permanent Representative of Hungary to the Council of Europe (6 June 2025) - In English / REF: Opinion on the Hungarian Bill on the Transparency of Public Life which was submitted to the National Assembly of Hungary on 13 May 2025  (June 2025) - In English

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Hungary’s Bill on the Transparency of Public Life: a significant threat for the legitimate functioning of civil society organisations, says CINGO’s Expert Council on NGO Law

Hungary’s Bill on the Transparency of Public Life: a significant threat for the legitimate functioning of civil society organisations, says CINGO’s Expert Council on NGO Law

5 June 2025 Strasbourg
Hungary’s Bill on the Transparency of Public Life: a significant threat for the legitimate functioning of civil society organisations, says CINGO’s Expert Council on NGO Law

The Expert Council on NGO Law, a body of the Conference of International non-Governmental Organisations (CINGO), has just published an opinion on the Bill on the Transparency of Public Life which was submitted to the National Assembly of Hungary on 13 May 2025. The opinion finds that "several of...

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Draft Hungarian bill on Transparency of Public Life: civil society organisations share concerns in open letter to the European Commission

Draft Hungarian bill on Transparency of Public Life: civil society organisations share concerns in open letter to the European Commission

26 May 2025 Strasbourg
Draft Hungarian bill on Transparency of Public Life: civil society organisations share concerns in open letter to the European Commission

More than 300 national and international civil society organisations, comprising organisations represented on the Conference of INGOs (CINGO), have co-signed an open letter to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Michael McGrath, EU-Commissioner for Democracy, Justice,...

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Fact-finding visit to Budapest

Civil participation in the decision-making process

Fact-finding visit to Budapest

25 November 2016
Fact-finding visit to Budapest

From 21 to 22 November, the Conference of INGOs carried out a fact finding visit in Budapest with a view to assessing the participation of civil society in political decision making and to strengthening the connection with national NGOs in the Member States. The fact-finding visit was made...

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