US EditionEU Court Says Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ Rules Breach Law
The court said the 2021 law stigmatizes LGBTQ+ people and breaches EU fundamental rights, ordering Hungary to repeal it immediately.
- On Tuesday, The European Court ruled that Hungarian legislation banning LGBTQ content for minors violates European Union law, breaching foundational treaties on human rights and equality.
- Adopted in 2021 by the government of outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orb, the law sought to protect children from what officials called 'sexual propaganda' while critics compared it to Russia's 2013 law.
- In its ruling, The European Court found Hungary violated Article 2 regarding human rights and dignity, marking the first such finding against one of the European Union's 27 member states.
- Following an April 12 landslide election defeat to the center-right Tisza party, Orb's 16 years in power ended, with leader Magyar set to take office in mid-May.
- Despite over 100,000 people previously marching in Budapest Pride in defiance of bans, Magyar pledged Hungary would become a country where no one is stigmatized for loving differently.
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Hungary has "infringed Union law... by stigmatising and marginalising LGBT+ people, decided on Tuesday the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), reports AFP.
Hungary is critical of its actions against the LGBTQI+ community. The highest European court finds clear words.
In its decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that "this law is contrary to the very identity of the Union." In Hungary, several NGOs welcomed a "historical" decision.
The "Kinderschutzgesetz" was enacted under Orbán and prohibits representations of homosexuality and transgender against minors.
EU Court rules Hungary's anti LGTBQ+ law breaches core values
The European Court of Justice rules that Hungary's 2021 Child Protection Law unlawfully discriminates against LGTBQ+ community; the first time a member state has been found in violation of EU fundamental values charter.
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