Location: Central European University, 1051 Budapest, Nádor utca 9.
Conference Program
Conference at Central European University
14th Annual Conference on 'The Individual vs. the State' at Central European University, Budapest May 12-13, 2006
14th Annual Conference on 'The Individual vs. the State' at Central European University, Budapest May 12-13, 2006
One of the key lessons of the report is that the legislators are currently not interested in establishing a fair and just electoral system.
Here is the letter of the Civil Liberties Union for Europe, co-signed by us and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, to European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans urging the EC to act to protect NGOs and the rule of law in Hungary.
Last fall, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) adopted a new policy to help re-establish an environment for government and civil society collaboration, safeguarding the Open Government Declaration and to mitigate reputational risks to OGP. Today, members of Hungarian civil society, including representatives of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Transparency International Hungary and K-Monitor, as well as Sunlight’s international policy manager, a former employee of K-Monitor, called on the OGP Steering Committee to take action under the new policy and launch a thorough investigation into the situation in Hungary, with a special attention to the deterioration of the space for civil society.