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Decision 45/2005. (XII. 14.) AB – belonging to a minority
On 12 December 2005, the Constitutional Court made a substantial statement on the declaration of minority affiliation for the first time, shortly after the adoption of Act No. CXIV of...Author: Nagy Noémi
democracy and the minority question
In a liberal democracy based on equal suffrage, if political fault lines appear along ethnic or national identity lines, minorities have minor chance of gaining a role in government. Democracy,...Author: Bárdi Nándor, Kántor Zoltán
Deputy Commissioner for the Rights of National Minorities (Deputy Ombudsman)
The Deputy Commissioner for the Rights of National Minorities living in Hungary is a public official institutionalised by the Fundamental Law and is a key control institution of the Parliament....Author: Szalayné Sándor Erzsébet
diaspora
The term diaspora is used to describe geographically dispersed communities of migrant origin that are integrated into their surrounding society, but not fully assimilated, and are connected to related communities...Author: Bárdi Nándor
Diaspora policy
Diaspora policy is the policy of support towards diaspora communities of migratory origin by the kin-state. Therefore it is closely related to the idea of kin-state’s responsibility, thus to the...Author: Gazsó Dániel
dispersion
The concept of dispersion has no uniform definition. In the interpretation of Hungarian kin-state policy, dispersion is any local minority or community organised on ethnic, national or religious grounds, which...Author: Bárdi Nándor