Fundamental Rights Cases of the Curia of Hungary between 1 December 2018 and 31 March 2019

Abstract

Between 1 December 2018 and 31 March 2019, the adjudicating panels of the Curia of Hungary examined the implementation of the following fundamental rights issues: the right to use reasonable force to protect one’s person or property from imminent bodily harm or against the peril with which one is threatened at the hands of an aggressor (Article V of the
Fundamental Law of Hungary), the right to freedom of thought and conscience [Article VII, paragraph (1) of the Fundamental Law of Hungary], freedom of expression and freedom of the press [Article IX, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Fundamental Law of Hungary], and the right to have one’s affairs handled impartially, fairly and within a reasonable time by the authorities [Article XXIV, paragraph (1) of the Fundamental Law of Hungary].