Tárnok Balázs
Beneš Decrees and Their Retrospective Application
The Beneš Decrees are a series of regulations adopted by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile and issued by the President of the Republic during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in the World...Author: Tárnok Balázs
European Citizens’ Initiative on National Regions
The European Citizens’ Initiative on National Regions was submitted to the European Commission on 18 June 2013 by the citizens’ committee established by the Szekler (Székely) National Council under the...Author: Tárnok Balázs
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
The European Council proposed the establishment of an agency focused on fundamental rights as early as 1999, and finally, in 2003, a decision was made to create the EU Agency...Author: Tárnok Balázs
Hungarian civil society organizations in Slovakia
After the regime change in 1989, the civil sector in Slovakia, including Hungarian civil society organizations, embarked on rapid development, with their numbers increasing steadily. The largest Hungarian civil society...Author: Tárnok Balázs
Hungarian political parties in Slovakia
The history of Hungarian political parties in Slovakia dates back to 1918. The first Czechoslovak Republic provided a suitable framework for the development of political representation for the Hungarian minority....Author: Tárnok Balázs
Hungarian Self-Governance Aspirations in Slovakia
The Hungarian self-government aspirations in Slovakia after the fall of the communism emerged within the framework of the Coexistence Political Movement (Együttélés). On January 8, 1994, Coexistence organized the Komárno...Author: Tárnok Balázs
Hungarians in Slovakia
According to the 2021 census, the Hungarian population in Slovakia numbers 456,154 individuals, representing 8.4% of the country’s total population. Of these, 422,065 people identified Hungarian as their primary ethnicity,...Author: Tárnok Balázs
HUNINEU – Foundation for the European Representation of Hungarian National Communities
HUNINEU – Foundation for the European Representation of Hungarian National Communities is an organization created by parties represented in the parliament of Hungary for the purpose of adequately informing the...Author: Tárnok Balázs
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
Language Rights Cases at the Court of Justice of the European Union
In the Groener case, a Dutch teacher was rejected for a position in Ireland because she did not speak Irish. The Court found that requiring proficiency in the Irish language...Author: Tárnok Balázs
Minority rights advocacy in the United States
Since the end of World War II, the global enforcement of human rights has been a crucial guiding principle of U.S. foreign policy. Given that European states strive for good...Author: Tárnok Balázs
Minority Rights Group
Minority Rights Group (MRG) is an international human rights non-governmental organization working with ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, and indigenous peoples worldwide. It was founded in 1969 by David Astor,...Author: Tárnok Balázs
Pro Minoritate Foundation (A Kisebbségekért – Pro Minoritate Alapítvány)
Pro Minoritate Foundation (A Kisebbségekért – Pro Minoritate Alapítvány) is an independent, non-profit organization with the aim of supporting ethnic and national minorities in Europe, with particular emphasis on supporting...Author: Tárnok Balázs
Rákóczi Association (Rákóczi Szövetség)
The Rákóczi Association (Rákóczi Szövetség), established in 1989, aims to strengthen Hungarian culture and language among Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin and around the world. Its activities are primarily...Author: Tárnok Balázs
Right to Petition as a tool to promote the interests of persons belonging to national minorities in the European Union
Since the entry into force of the Treaty of Maastricht, every EU citizen and all natural or legal residents of the Member States have had the right to submit a...Author: Tárnok Balázs
Roundtable of Hungarians in Slovakia
The Roundtable of Hungarians in Slovakia is an open, politically independent, voluntary, and informal institution that serves as a coordinating forum for Hungarian organizations in Slovakia. The collaboration operates within...Author: Tárnok Balázs
Tom Lantos Institute
The Tom Lantos Institute (TLI), headquartered in Budapest, is an independent organization dedicated to human and minority rights, with a primary emphasis on Jewish and Roma communities, as well as...Author: Tárnok Balázs
UN Forum on Minority Issues
The UN Forum on Minority Issues is an annual two-day event organized and prepared by the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues. The UN Forum on Minority Issues was established...Author: Tárnok Balázs
UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
The UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique mechanismof the UN Human Rights Council that calls for each UN Member State, regardless of their membership in specific human rights...Author: Tárnok Balázs