Hungary
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- August 20, 1949, revised on April 19, 1972, in October 1989 and in 1997
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- is based on Austro-German law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Orszaggyules)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court, whose judges are elected by Parliament for nine years
RELIGIONS
62% Catholics; 16% Calvinists; 3% Lutherans; other minorities
From the country
- APRIL 25, 2001HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Hungary was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary has been abolitionist since 1990, following...
Hungary has been abolitionist since 1990, following a decision by the Constitutional Court
- JUNE 21, 2000HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Members of the Kurdistan information and Cultural Office,...
Members of the Kurdistan information and Cultural Office, in Budapest, ended a five day hunger strike
- APRIL 26, 2000HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Hungary cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 21, 2000HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Anatoly Bykov, Russian business tycoon charged with...
Anatoly Bykov, Russian business tycoon charged with money laundering and extortion, was extradited by the Hungarian Justice Minister, Ibolya David to Moscow after Russia guaranteed he would not be facing the death penalty
- MARCH 1, 2000HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Gabor Horvath,...
Hungary's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Gabor Horvath, welcomed the decision of the Ukrainian Parliament to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2000HungaryDEATH PENALTY
In Hungary and the Czech Republic 48% of those interviewed...
In Hungary and the Czech Republic 48% of those interviewed in a recent survey thought capital punishment was not immoral
- JANUARY 1, 2000HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary has been abolitionist since 1990, following...
Hungary has been abolitionist since 1990, following a decision by the Constitutional Court
- APRIL 28, 1999HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Hungary was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary has been abolitionist since 1990, following...
Hungary has been abolitionist since 1990, following a decision by the Constitutional Court