Alapjogi jogesetek – Kúria

Abstract

Act no CLXI of 2011 on the Organisation and Administration of the Courts and Act no CLXII of 2011 on the Legal Status and Remuneration of Judges provided the legal background for the implementation of comprehensive judicial reforms, aiming at improving the efficiency of the judiciary and modernising adjudication activities, as envisaged by the Fundamental Law of Hungary, the country’s new constitutional act which entered into force on 1 January 2012. Within the framework of the above reforms, the Curia of Hungary was set up as the legal successor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Hungary. As of 1 January 2012, the Curia, as the highest instance judicial body of the country, has been given extended powers to better ensure the uniform application of law and to review the legality of municipal decrees. In 2013, the Curia rendered important decisions in respect to the following fundamental rights: right to the protection of good reputation [Article VI, paragraph (1) of the
Fundamental Law], right to access and disseminate data of public interest [Article VI, paragraph (2) of the Fundamental Law], right to freedom of thought and expression and right to the freedom and diversity of the press [Article IX, paragraphs (1) (2) of the Fundamental Law], right to decent housing [Article XXII, paragraph (1) of the Fundamental Law], right to participate in national referenda [Article XXIII, paragraph (7) of the Fundamental Law], right to have one’s affairs administered by the authorities in an impartial, fair and reasonably timely manner and right to a fair court trial [Article XXIV, paragraph (1) and Article XXVIII, paragraph (1) of the Fundamental Law], right to legal defence in criminal matters [Article XXVIII, paragraph (3) of the Fundamental Law], right to seek legal remedy [Article XXVIII, paragraph (7) of the Fundamental Law], and right to proportional taxation [Article XXX, paragraph (1) of the Fundamental Law].