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Illyés Public Foundation (Illyés Közalapítvány – IKA)
In order to provide support for Hungarians living beyond the border from the Hungarian state budget the Secretariat of the Ethnic and Nationality College of the Németh government established the...Author: Bárdi Nándor
Immigrant
An immigrant is a person who comes from his place of residence to another settlement (internal migration) or to another country (international migration) with the intention of settling or staying...Author: Gazsó Dániel
Importance of recognizing language rights
Most of the international documents guaranteeing language rights that are in force today set out from the premise that language (mother tongue, own language, regional/minority language, etc.) as such, or...Author: Nagy Noémi
indigenous peoples
The second half of the twentieth century saw a proliferation of initiatives calling for the recognition of indigenous peoples and their rights, separately from minority groups. There is no generally...Author: Vizi Balázs
individual rights
Belonging to a national minority is a fundamental right that applies to individuals and communities alike, and must always be interpreted in conjunction with the principle of equal rights and...Author: Szalayné Sándor Erzsébet
Institute for the Protection of Minority Rights (Kisebbségi Jogvédő Intézet)
The Institute for the Protection of Minority Rights (Kisebbségi Jogvédő Intézet) is the operational body of the Foundation for the Protection of Minority Rights established in 2012, in Budapest. Since...Author: Tárnok Balázs
institutional framework for relations with the kin-state (motherland)
Decisions of kin-state policy are made in the Hungarian Parliament on the one hand, and at Hungarian–Hungarian consultative and decision-making forums on the other. As a consequence of its constitutional...Author: Kántor Zoltán
INTERCULTURALISM
The meaning of the word “intercultural” is “between cultures,” referring to interactions, communications, and exchanges of experiences between cultures. Interculturalism denotes a philosophical exchange among different cultural groups or subgroups...Author: Palusek Erik
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) is an international treaty adopted by the →United Nations in 1965, which aims to achieve equal treatment...Author: Nagy Noémi
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Human Rights Committee
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is an international treaty adopted by the →United Nations in 1966, which sets out a broad range of first-generation human rights...Author: Nagy Noémi
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and its Committee
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) is an international treaty adopted by the →United Nations in 1966, which sets out a broad range of second-generation human...Author: Nagy Noémi
international non-governmental organizations working to protect the rights of national minorities in Europe
There are currently active, private, non-profit civil society organisations, active in at least three countries, which focus exclusively on minority protection, either in general or more narrowly, focusing on only...Author: Gyurcsík Iván
Isop v. Austria
The first decision dealing with minoritylanguage rightsbased on the ECHR was delivered by the European Commission of Human Rightsin 1962. Mr Isop, an Austrian citizen of Slovene origin filed a...Author: Nagy Noémi