Indicator history

Act LXXVII of 1993 on the Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities (amendments entry in force: 25 November 2005) ensures members of recognized minorities' right to self government.

" Article 5

(1) In the Republic of Hungary minorities have a right to establish local, regional and national self-governments (hereinafter uniformly: minority self-governments).

(2)  Only  those  voting  citizens  have  the  right  to  take  part  in  the  initiation  of  the establishment as well as in the election of minority self-governments, who are included in the minority election register (hereinafter: minority election list). One voting citizen may be included exclusively in one minority election list. Detailed provisions concerning the minority election lists are regulated in a separate law.

(3) The representation of any minority may be undertaken by a candidate who is included in the minority election list. The right of representing a minority may be exercised with respect to only one minority.

Article 5/A

(1) The basic function of minority governments is to protect and represent the interests of minorities by performing their duties and exercising their statutory authority.

(2) This Act regulates the legal status of minority self-governments, their rights and obligations, their structure, the terms of their operation, the particular regulations of their management, and the relations between central state bodies, municipal governments and minority self-governments."