Bill T/8016 currently before the Hungarian Parliament "may have a negative effect on the internal independence of courts and judges, and fair trial guarantees", warned the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, on Thursday 28 November.
This legislative text aims to amend several existing laws, including the law on the Constitutional Court, the law on the organisation and administration of the courts and the law on the legal status and remuneration of judges.
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