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Police ban on Budapest Pride 2012 discriminates against LGBT community

2012. 04. 08.

The Budapest Police’s decision to ban Budapest Pride 2012 march, citing obstruction of traffic, not only breaches marchers’ right to freedom of assembly, but is also severely discriminatory. The Budapest ...

Final court judgment upholds Equal Treatment Authority’s fine of 1 million HUF on Malév subsidiary for discrimination

2011. 03. 24.

One of Malév Hungarian Airline’s subsidiaries, Malév GH Zrt.  was fined one million Forints by the Equal Treatment Authority of Hungary in 2010 for discriminating against an employee on grounds ...

Court reaffirms unlawfulness of discrimination based on sexual orientation

2011. 03. 10.

The HHC lodged a complaint with the Equal Treatment Auhtority on behalf of an individual who suffered severe harrasment and discrimination in his workplace based on his perceived sexual orientation. The employer ...

HHC wins case for blind client barred from entering supermarket with seeing-eye dog

2010. 12. 10.

The HHC’s lawyer brought a lawsuit on behalf of a blind person who had been denied access to a supermarket (Match) because of his guide dog. On 18 March 2010, the ...

Response to the court decision concerning the anti-Roma statements of a mayor

2010. 11. 17.

In its decision dated 19 January 2010, the Equal Treatment Authority established that the mayor of Kiskunlacháza has committed harassment when stating that the settlement’s population having had enough of ...

Equal Treatment Authority imposed a fine of 1 million HUF on Malév

2010. 08. 05.

One of Malév’s subsidiaries, Malév GH Zrt. which is responsible for ground handling, was fined one million Forints by The Equal Treatment Authority of Hungary (ETA) for discriminating against an ...

Supermarket violates requirement of equal treatment

2010. 06. 15.

The HHC’s lawyer brought a lawsuit on behalf of a blind person who had been denied access to a supermarket (Match) because of his guide dog. The first instance court ...

Anti-Roma statements of a mayor qualify as harassment according to the Equal Treatment Authority

2010. 01. 27.

On 19 October 2009, the HHC’s lawyer filed an actio popularis claim with the Equal Treatment Authority concerning the statements of the Kiskunlacháza mayor, who in relation to a murder (with ...

University course textbook on anti-discrimination law

2010. 01. 13.

In December 2008, the HHC set up anti-discrimination law clinics at two Hungarian law schools (ELTE University of Budapest and the University of Miskolc) to sensitize law students to this special legal ...

HHC turns to Constitutional Court concerning a discriminative provision on public servants

2010. 01. 13.