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ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES ACFC/SR/V(2019)005 Fifth Report submitted by Hungary Pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities – received on 5 February 2019 ACFC/SR/V(2019)005 Prime Minister’s Office HUNGARY’S FIFTH REPORT on the execution of the Framework Convention of the Council of Europe for the Protection of National Minorities Budapest, January 2019 ACFC/SR/V(2019)005 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 5 I. STEPS RELATED TO THE VISIBILITY OF THE RESULTS OF THE FOURTH- CYCLE MONITORING ASSESSMENT, AND PRACTICAL MEASURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ................ 10 Representation of nationalities ................................................................................................. 10 Measures for awareness of the Framework Convention’s documents ..................................... 14 Involvement of nationalities in the formulation of the government’s policies ......................... 16 Seventh periodic report and results of the Language Charter ................................................. 22 II. MEASURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS RELATED TO SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES ........................................................................................................................... 23 General responses to the recommendations ............................................................................. 23 Changes in the legal regulations applicable to nationalities ................................................... 23 Fight against racism, hate crimes and hate speech ................................................................. 25 Measures aimed at equal treatment and equal opportunities .................................................. 27 Measures for the social inclusion of Roma people .................................................................. 30 Roma integration programs in education; special schools ...................................................... 35 III. DETAILED PRESENTATION OF THE MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ................ 42 Article 1 .................................................................................................................................... 42 Article 2 .................................................................................................................................... 42 Article 3 .................................................................................................................................... 43 Article 4 .................................................................................................................................... 44 Article 5 .................................................................................................................................... 49 Article 6 .................................................................................................................................... 54 Article 7 .................................................................................................................................... 55 Article 8 .................................................................................................................................... 56 Article 9 .................................................................................................................................... 59 Article 10 .................................................................................................................................. 62 Article 11 .................................................................................................................................. 63 3 ACFC/SR/V(2019)005 Article 12 .................................................................................................................................. 64 Article 13 .................................................................................................................................. 70 Article 14 .................................................................................................................................. 70 Article 15 .................................................................................................................................. 71 Article 16 .................................................................................................................................. 75 Article 17 .................................................................................................................................. 76 Article 18 .................................................................................................................................. 79 Article 19 .................................................................................................................................. 81 Articles 20 – 23: ....................................................................................................................... 81 Article 30 .................................................................................................................................. 81 IV. ANSWERS TO THE SPECIAL QUESTIONS ARISING FROM PECULIAR NATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES ............................................................................... 81 ANNEX .................................................................................................................................... 82 1. Nationality programs of the public media on TV and radio ................................................ 82 2. Nationality support available under the Child and Youth Basic Program .......................... 84 4 ACFC/SR/V(2019)005 INTRODUCTION Hungary was one of the first countries to sign the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (hereinafter: Framework Convention). Its instrument of ratification was deposited on 25 September 1995. The Framework Convention was ratified by the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary (hereinafter: National Assembly) in Resolution 81/1995 (6 July), and promulgated in Act XXXIV of 1999. Hungary’s country reports on the legislative practices aimed at the implementation of the principles defined in the Framework Convention as well as on the measures taken in the interest of the country’s national and ethnic minorities have been presented to the Council of Europe (hereinafter: CoE) on four occasions, in 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2015. The Advisory Committee to the CoE on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (hereinafter: Advisory Committee) reviewed the implementation of the Framework Convention between 7 and 11 December 2015 in Hungary. In document ACFC/OP/IV(2016)003 accepted in 2016, the Advisory Committee summarised its expert opinion about Hungary’s minority policy based on the fourth country report and the on-site monitoring (hereinafter: the Advisory Committee’s opinion). Having reviewed the Advisory Committee’s opinion and the additional remarks made by the Government of Hungary, the CoE’s Committee of Ministers (hereinafter: Committee of Ministers) formulated its position on the implementation of the Framework Convention in Hungary in resolution no. CM/ResCMN(2017)5 (hereinafter: resolution of the Committee of Ministers) dated 5 July 2017, and made its recommendations concerning the issues covered. This fifth country report on the status of the implementation in Hungary of the obligations defined in the Framework Convention (hereinafter: country report) covers the events related to Hungary’s nationality policy between 1 February 2014 and 1 February 2018 (hereinafter: reporting period). The country report has been compiled based on the Advisory Committee’s guideline provided in the letter DGAD/ML/mes, dated 5 July 2018 (hereinafter: Advisory Committee’s guideline). It describes the work performed during the reporting period by the ministries involved in the realisation of the Government’s nationality policy for the implementation of the Framework Convention. In compliance with the Advisory Committee’s guideline, the views of the following stakeholders were sought during the compilation of the country report: domestic self- governments of the national and ethnic minorities subject to Act CLXXIX of 2011 on the rights of nationalities (hereinafter: Nationalities Act; these minorities hereinafter, pursuant to the terminology used in Hungary: nationalities); and, as a new legal institution introduced in the reporting period, minority advocates. For the most comprehensive documentation of the country report, further non-governmental and civil organisations were contacted as well. Data concerning the obligations assumed in the Framework Convection was requested and received from the following parties: the Government’s ministries and state secretariats, and the competent specialised entities; the media authority; 5 ACFC/SR/V(2019)005 the minority advocates; the self-governments of nationalities in Hungary; nationalities’ and related civil organisations and institutions; the Equal Treatment Authority; the Institute for Minority Studies of the Centre for Social Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; and the Central Statistical Office. As an important source, we have also utilised those