In attendance at the Budapest [Pride] 30 International Human Rights Conference on Wednesday, 25 June, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty expressed his “strong solidarity [with] LGBTI people and civil society in Hungary” and his concerns about legislation allowing LGBTI equality-related assemblies to be banned. He also spoke out against the ban on Budapest’s 28 June ‘Pride March’.
The commissioner pointed out that this ban is the latest in a series of crackdowns on LGBTI people following the introduction of the ‘anti-LGBTI propaganda’ law in 2021—a law that is currently subject to infringement proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
He also said that he is “deeply concerned by the Draft Law on Transparency in Public Life which, in the version pending before Parliament, fundamentally undermines civic space in Hungary”.
Michael O’Flaherty has called on the Hungarian authorities to reverse the measures that are undermining civil society and to develop a working environment that is favourable towards human rights defenders in accordance with international standards.
Link to the speech: https://aeur.eu/f/hlu (Original version in French by Véronique Leblanc)