Minority Self-Government in Hungary: Legislation and Practice
Publisher: Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe Volume: 74 pages, pdf Description: The Hungarian Act LXXVII on the rights of National and Ethnic Minorities, hereinafter called the Minorities Act, has achieved a great deal since its adoption in 1993, in terms of the powers of ‘say’ and ‘control’ that it gives to national and ethnic minorities over their educational, linguistic and cultural affairs. The aim of the act is to further enhance the protection of minorities in Hungary, by providing them with the legal framework within which to achieve the goal of cultural autonomy. In addition to this, it was the desire of the Hungarian Parliament that the Act would meet the legal requirements and recommendations of international documents concerning the rights of minorities.