Human Rights, Equality & Minority Protection
The Romanian National Minority's Religious Right Issues...
Transylvania; Romanian minority; religious union; religious rights; Greek Catholic Church; Habsburg rule
The article examines the transformation of Hungary’s local-government system, focusing on local democracy, municipal autonomy, elections, administrative supervision, and the redistribution of public functions. It argues that the reforms strengthened central influence while creating practical and legal difficulties in local decision-making, financing, and public-service provision.
ALBERT, ANDRÁS
1867: Two Constitutional Tales on Minority Nationalism...
Comparative constitutional law; minority nationalism; Austro-Hungarian Compromise; British North America Act; federalism; multiculturalism
The article compares the Austro-Hungarian Compromise and the British North America Act as constitutional responses to minority nationalism in multi-ethnic political communities. It explains Canada’s greater constitutional durability through federal accommodation, territorial clarity, and judicial interpretation, while examining the failure of the Dual Monarchy to reconcile competing national claims.
PAKSY, MÁTÉ
Protocol No. 16 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights...
Protocol No. 16; European Court of Human Rights; advisory opinions; judicial dialogue; human rights; preliminary rulings
The article examines the advisory-opinion procedure introduced by Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights. It analyses its procedural operation, its potential contribution to judicial dialogue and domestic human-rights protection, and its relationship with the preliminary-ruling procedure of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
DEÁK, BEÁTA
Introduction to the Science of Medical Rights and Ethics...
Bioethics; medical research; informed consent; patient rights; human dignity; clinical trials
The article surveys the principal international and European instruments governing medical research, bioethics, and patient protection. It emphasizes informed consent, human dignity, research ethics, medical-data protection, and the primacy of the individual over scientific interests.
KELLNER, SZILVIA
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