24.hu 01. 13. 11:09 In 2020, 65% more domestic violence crimes were registered in Hungary than in 2019: 650 cases, as opposed to 392 a year before. The number of registered sexual abuse cases has also grown by 36%, from 240 in 2019 to 327 in 2020. 56 cases of sexual coercion were registered in…

The Istanbul Convention entered into force in 2014. Until 2019 45 countries had signed it, and 35 of these had also ratified it – meaning that these countries had implemented its regulations into their legislation. Countries that have signed but not ratified the convention include Bulgaria, the…

Today the Hungarian Parliament passed a law, Article 33 of which introduces ‘birth sex’ instead of ‘gender’ in personal documents, therefore making impossible the recognition of trans people’s gender. Activist dr. Zsófia A. Szabó spoke to Humen Online about the context and the potential effects of…

by Zsófia Fülöp (magyarnarancs.hu)   “The Istanbul Convention is just political hysterics.” “This is a Convention basically attacking the traditional family model, it tries to implement gender philosophy, so to speak.” “Non-ratification has political reasons, as the approach of the Convention (…)…

"We do not support the ratification of the Istanbul Convention because regarding the implementation of its regulations it prescribes an approach based on the concept of gender, and the Hungarian Parliament does not wish to enter neither the concept of gender nor the gender approach of the Istanbul…