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Hungary: New constitution enshrines discrimination
Posted 05/05-11 at 22.18
The new Hungarian Constitution states that "Those deprived of their right to vote by a court by reason of limited mental capacity shall not have the right to vote." Article XXIII (6). According to Mental Health Europe (MHE) and European Network o ...
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Hungary: Court Rules Article 12 of UN Convention Unconstitutional
Posted 16/05-10 at 21.49
Article 12 of the CRPD says that states should not deprive people of the right to make their own decisions and instead make provision to assist them in making those decisions. In Hungary there were moves to change the law accordingly, but at the l ...