Unnamed individual/group/organization
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2018-055-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2018
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 47.162494
Longitude: 19.5033041
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Hungary
- From Region
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Migrants’/refugees’/IDP’s rights
- Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
consultations around the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
- Engagement with UN body
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Reprisal information
The campaign by the ruling party Fidesz prior to the April 2018 elections featured hostile rhetoric and billboards against civil society and the United Nations, in particular with regard to the ongoing consultations around the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Defamation / Defamation campaign
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Government response dates
- 3 August 2018
- Government response content
Regarding the Government’s rhetoric in the election campaign, in particular the ongoing consultations around the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, the Government notes that its “rhetoric did not target any organization or individual for cooperating with the UN, but took a position and shared its view on the draft of a UN document related to migration.”
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0