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Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

Hungary

Members and substitute members

Member

László TRÓCSÁNYI

Substitute member

András Zs. VARGA

Country-specific opinions

1254/2025

Hungary - Opinion on the Hungarian draft law on "transparency of public life" and other legislative texts relating to "foreign influence"

1246/2025

Hungary - Opinion on the compatibility with international human rights standards of the 15th amendment to the Fundamental Law

1232/2025

Hungary - Opinion on Act LXXIX of 2024 amending certain laws relating to elections

1231/2025

Hungary - Opinion on the constitutional and legislative amendments concerning the requirements to be appointed Prosecutor General and Constitutional Court Judge of Hungary, as well as the appointment and retirement of judges

1213/2024

Hungary - Opinion on certain provisions of Act XVII of 2024 concerning the power of the Minister of Justice to have access to judicial and prosecutorial decisions as well as related documents

1169/2023

Hungary - Opinion on Act LXXXVIII of 2023 on the Protection of National Sovereignty

1059/2021

Hungary - Opinion on the compatibility with international human rights standards of Act LXXIX amending certain Acts for the protection of children

1051/2021

Hungary - Opinion on the amendments to the Act on Equal Treatment and Promotion of Equal Opportunities and to the Act on the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights as adopted by the Hungarian parliament in December 2020

1050/2021

Hungary - Opinion on the amendments to the Act on the organisation and administration of the Courts and the Act on the legal status and remuneration of judges adopted by the Hungarian parliament in December 2020

1040/2021

Hungary - Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR on the 2020 amendments to electoral legislation

1035/2021

Hungary - Opinion on the constitutional amendments adopted by the Hungarian parliament in December 2020

0943/2018

Hungary - Law on the entry into force of the Law on Administrative Courts and certain transitional Rules

0941/2018

Hungary - Joint Opinion on Section 253 on the special immigration tax of Act XLI of 20 July amending certain tax laws and other related laws and on the immigration tax.

0919/2018

Hungary - Opinion on the compatibility of the Hungarian Government’s “Stop Soros” draft legislative package with international human rights standards

0891/2017

Hungary - Opinion on Act XXV of 4 April 2017 on the Amendments of Act CCIV of 2011 on National Education

0889/2017

Hungary - Opinion on the Draft Law on the Transparency of Organisations receiving support from abroad

0798/2015

Opinion on the Act CLXXV of 2010 on Media Services and Mass Media; Act CIV of 2010 on the Freedom of Press and the Fundamental Rules of Media and Content, and on the Hungarian tax Laws on progressive Tax on Advertising revenue of media

0720/2013

Opinion on the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary

0683/2012

Opinion on the Cardinal Acts on the Judiciary that were amended following the adoption of CDL-AD(2012)001 of Hungary

0672/2012

Opinion on Act CXII of 2011 on informational Self-determination and Freedom of Information of Hungary

0671/2012

Opinion on the Act on the Rights of Nationalities of Hungary

0668/2012

Opinion on Act CLXIII of 2011 on the Prosecution Service and Act CLXIV of 2011 on the Status of the Prosecutor General, Prosecutors and other Prosecution Employees and the Prosecution Career of Hungary

0665/2012

Opinion on Act CLI of 2011 on the Constitutional Court of Hungary

0664/2012

Opinion on Act CCVI of 2011 on the right to freedom of conscience and religion and the legal status of churches, denominations and religious communities of Hungary

0663/2012

Opinion on Act CLXII of 2011 on the Legal Status and Remuneration of Judges and Act CLXI of 2011 on the Organisation and Administration of Courts of Hungary

0662/2012

Joint Opinion on the Act on the Elections of Members of Parliament of Hungary

0621/2011

Opinion on the new Constitution of Hungary

0614/2011

Opinion on three legal questions arising in the process of drafting the New Constitution of Hungary

0006/1995

Opinion on the regulatory concept of the Constitution of the Republic of Hungary

News

12 Apr

2026

Hungary – Parliamentary elections – legal assistance to the PACE election observation mission

Budapest, Hungary

01 Sep

2025

Hungary – Forthcoming opinion – Country visit

Budapest, Hungary

09 Jul

2025

Hungary - Request for an opinion from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Strasbourg

04 Jul

2025

Hungary - Request for an opinion from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Strasbourg

31 Mar

2025

Hungary - Request for an opinion from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Strasbourg

25-26 Mar

2025

Hungary - Forthcoming opinion - Country visit

Budapest, Hungary

03-04 Feb

2025

HUNGARY - Forthcoming opinion - Country visit

Budapest, Hungary

23 Jan

2025

HUNGARY – International conference on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Hungary

Budapest, Hungary

02 Oct

2024

Exchange of views on recent developments in Hungary - participation of the Venice Commission in a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly Monitoring Committee

Strasbourg and online

06 Jan

2025

HUNGARY - Request for an opinion

Strasbourg

11 Sep

2024

Participation of the Venice Commission in the Parliamentary Assembly Monitoring Committee’s meeting

Paris and online

15-16 Feb

2024

HUNGARY - Forthcoming opinion - country visit

Budapest

18 Jan

2024

HUNGARY – Request for opinion

Hungary

08 Oct

2023

Obituary – László Sólyom – Former President of the Republic of Hungary and former member of the Venice Commission

Strasbourg

23 Dec

2022

HUNGARY - Parliamentary elections and the referendum held on 3 April 2022 - Post-election Webinar

08 Mar

2022

HUNGARY - Parliamentary elections scheduled on 3 April 2022 - Webinar

15-18 Nov

2021

HUNGARY – forthcoming opinion – virtual country visit

01 Oct

2021

PACE – Request for opinion - HUNGARY

16 Sep

2021

HUNGARY – forthcoming opinion – virtual country visit

13-14 Sep

2021

HUNGARY – forthcoming opinion – virtual country visit

07-10 Sep

2021

HUNGARY – forthcoming opinion – virtual meetings

28 May

2021

HUNGARY – forthcoming opinion – virtual meetings

11 Feb

2021

Request for opinion – PACE/HUNGARY

30 Apr

2019

HUNGARY – Exchange of letters with the Minister of Justice

08 Mar

2019

HUNGARY - „Constitutional EUdentity 2019: unity in diversity – common and particular values“ - International Conference

04-05 Feb

2019

HUNGARY – forthcoming opinion (administrative courts) – country visit

15-16 Nov

2018

HUNGARY – forthcoming opinion – country visit

10 Oct

2018

PACE / Hungary – request for opinion

27 Jun

2018

Meeting with a Hungarian delegation

26 Jun

2018

Hungary: “Stop Soros” provision on illegal migration should be repealed

18 Jun

2018

Hungary - "Stop Soros" draft legislative package - meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs

31 May

2018

Request for Opinion – PACE - Hungary

24-25 May

2018

Hungary – country visit

09 Apr

2018

Request for Opinion - PACE - Hungary

11 Aug

2017

Hungary - Higher education law - Requirements for already operating universities “highly problematic”

30-01 Jun-Jul

2017

Hungary – forthcoming opinion – country visit

02 Jun

2017

Hungary - Organisations receiving support from abroad – preliminary opinion published

11-12 May

2017

Hungary – forthcoming opinion – visit to the country

28 Apr

2017

Hungary – Request for opinion

28 Apr

2017

Hungary – Request for opinion by PACE

16-17 Apr

2015

Hungary – forthcoming opinion on media legislation - visit by the Venice Commission

20 Feb

2015

Hungary – request for opinion

29 Oct

2014

Cup of Constitutional Courts

15 May

2013

Hungary – Forthcoming opinion on the 4th constitutional amendment

12 Apr

2013

Hungary - Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law - country visit

13 Mar

2013

Hungary – Request for opinion by the Hungarian authorities - Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law

13 Mar

2013

Hungary – Request for opinion by the SG - Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law

20 Sep

2012

Hungary - Judiciary

17 Jun

2011

Electoral matters - 20th Jubilee Conference of the ACEEEO (Association of European Election Officials)

23-24 Nov

2009

Hungary - 20th anniversary of the Constitutional Court

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