Slovakia

In December, HHRF Fellow Imola Vass presented on the “The Forgotten Religious Injustice in Romania: 33 Years of Failed Property Restitution” with a special focus on Romania’s ethnic- based religious restitution practices at the workshop entitled “Ethnic and Religious Minority Rights in Central … Tovább olvasom

In December, HHRF Fellow Imola Vass presented on the “The Forgotten Religious Injustice in Romania: 33 Years of Failed Property Restitution” with a special focus on Romania’s ethnic- based religious restitution practices at the workshop entitled “Ethnic and Religious Minority Rights in Central … Tovább olvasom

DOWNLOAD PDF On September 30, 2023, Slovakia held snap parliamentary elections. The Hungarian minority party, Alliance (Szövetség, in Hungarian) fell just 0.62 percent short of the five percent threshold needed to obtain representation in the Slovak Parliament. This is the … Tovább olvasom

Since at least 2008, the scandal-ridden[i] Slovak Land Fund has been carrying out ethnically-based land grabs(Kovacs, 2022) on behalf of the state on the legal basis of the WWII-era Beneš Decrees[ii]. The private property of hundreds of citizen in current-day … Tovább olvasom

UPDATED: After a thorough analysis of the decision of the General Court of the European Union from 9 November 2022 in the case of the Minority SafePack Initiative vs the European Commission, the MSPI’s Citizens’ Committee and the FUEN Presidium took … Tovább olvasom

The Hungarian Human Rights Foundation is deeply saddened by the December 30 passing of Dr. Miklós Duray, the twice-imprisoned human rights activist, internationally recognized dissident, and signer of Charta ’77 in Czechoslovakia; towering leader of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia … Tovább olvasom

“Alliance brought an unexpected result, compared to the forecasts, we achieved a much better result,” said its president, Krisztián Forró. On October 29, 2022, Slovakia held county and municipal elections in which Alliance (Szövetség, in Hungarian) achieved historic success. The … Tovább olvasom

In January, HHRF reported on the published data of the Slovak 2021 Census, in which two separate survey questions had been posed as regards ethnic affiliation. Now, the Slovak government has decided to add answers from the second survey question … Tovább olvasom

“The problems of minorities affect the lives of all of us,” said President Zuzana Čaputová after a meeting with representatives of ethnic minorities living in Slovakia. “As we progress towards equality in this country we need to make sure that … Tovább olvasom