21/04/2021 | 16:49:37 Dear Madam Commissioner, In the framework of the Council of Europe, a remarkable legal instrument has been adopted to address the issue of national linguistic minorities: the Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities and also the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. On Monday this Assembly adopted a resolution and recommendation with the title "Preserving national minorities in Europe". This is a truly important step taken that is deserving greater... 19/04/2021 | 18:25:44 Thank you Madam Chair, I would like to congratulate Ms Elvira KOVÁCS for this excellent report. The Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, along with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, are cornerstones in the architecture of preserving national and autochthonous minorities in Europe. These legally binding international legal instruments are among the greatest achievements of our pan-European organisation of 47 member countries... 28/01/2021 | 12:03:14 Thank you, Mr President. Police forces play a very important role for the cohesion of society, by protecting the population from security threats and contributing to ensuring a peaceful living together. For example, according to the Code of Ethics for the Police of Hungary, the police officer recognises and protects human dignity and respects human rights, acts impartially, regardless of gender, age, citizenship, ethnicity, religious or political beliefs, social and property status. In the... 20/11/2020 | 17:24:52 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Fundamental rights in fields of education and science enjoy a constitutional level of protection in Hungary. Protecting and preserving academic freedom and institutional autonomy are essential and core values for the Hungarian government. Firstly, I would like to propound the issue that it is typical in the practice of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that the rapporteur analyse its own country within the country examples, and this raises the issue... 29/01/2020 | 10:47:37 The report entitled calls for stricter regulations that enforce reasonable accommodation on the employers in order to prevent indirect discrimination of representatives of certain religious groups. I would like to congratulate the rapporteur for raising the significance of the issue of freedom of religious belief. The explanatory memorandum has an excellent overview of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union, which demonstrates the... 02/10/2019 | 19:57:00 North Macedonia has experienced significant political changes in recent years. The prisoner agreement signed by the main political parties in 2015 and 2016 resolved a long-standing crisis and resulted in a political organisation. Hungary recognises the profound political changes that have taken place in North Macedonia. We acknowledge the significance of the treaty on good neighbourliness, friendship and cooperation with Bulgaria and the Prespa Agreement, which paved the way for North... 25/06/2019 | 17:20:45 Thank you Madam President. Dear colleagues, above all I would like to highlight that the lasting Unity of Europe cannot be established without shared values. In these times it is essential to reinforce our fundamental values and work together as broadly as possible to protect them. With this in mind, it is an important task of the Council of Europe to consistently express a commitment to these core values. This is particularly important with respect to vulnerable groups and the use of... 24/01/2019 | 19:10:33 As we all know, the Council of Europe’s framework convention is the most significant international document protecting and promoting the rights of persons belonging to national minorities. I welcome the report in general, because it is particularly important to keep this issue on the agenda at times when Europe is facing real challenge. However, the rapporteur’s interpretation has a negative connotation on the issue of collective rights as they relate to the explanatory memorandum of the...