Hungary

The Irish government has reiterated its support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the "cornerstone of the international system of criminal justice" after Hungary announced its intention to withdraw. Viktor Orbán's government yesterday began the process of withdrawing from the Rome

Hungary is to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government declared shortly after Viktor Orbán welcomed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Budapest. The Hungarian government had already come under sustained criticism from human rights groups for saying it wou

The Irish government has joined widespread condemnation of new Hungarian legislation effectively banning Pride marches in the country. Legislators yesterday passed a bill making it a crime to organise and an offence to attend events that violate an existing law prohibiting the "depiction or promotio

Irish lawyers and judges have been urged to show solidarity with members of the Hungarian judiciary protesting this weekend against government interference with their independence. Petra Polonkai, the first Hungarian to complete the barrister-at-law degree at the King's Inns, told Irish Legal N

Hungary is set to lose billions of euros of EU funding in connection with breaches of the principles of the rule of law under proposals from the European Commission. Around €7.5 billion could be withheld pending Hungary's implementation of remedial measures agreed after months of talks between

The rule of law in Hungary is under serious threat as Viktor Orbán’s government constantly abuses its authority to influence the courts, a senior judge has said. Csaba Vasvári, a senior judge at the Budapest metropolitan court, told The Observer that he and other members of the j