What the CJEU AG’s Opinion in the infringement case against Hungary means for LGBTI equality in the EU
Join us for our session on Thursday, 12 June at 12:30 CEST to discuss the CJEU Advocate General’s Opinion to be rendered on 5 June in the Commission v Hungary “EU values” case (C-769/22). This Opinion will be a crucial step in this infringement case initiated by the European Commission over anti-LGBTI legislation Act introduced by Hungary in 2021.
The CJEU Advocate General has just delivered her Opinion in the Commission v Hungary “EU values” infringement case (C-769/22) – a major CJEU case on Hungary’s discriminatory 2021 anti-LGBTI law.
What are the legal implications for the EU’s action on human rights? And what might it mean for other Member States?
Join us for our session on Thursday, 12 June at 12:30 CEST to discuss the CJEU Advocate General’s Opinion to be rendered on 5 June in the Commission v Hungary “EU values” case (C-769/22). This Opinion will be a crucial step in this infringement case initiated by the European Commission over anti-LGBTI legislation Act LXXIX introduced by Hungary in 2021, which censors inclusive sex education, equates LGBTI ‘lifestyles’ with paedophilia, blocks adoption for LGBTI couples, and restricts content in media and advertising. This infringement constitutes, in the Commission’s view, a violation of Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, which enshrines the fundamental values of the EU, several articles of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and EU directives on services and the audiovisual sector. The Commission was joined in this case by 16 Member States and the European Parliament.
Our speakers will share their views on the Advocate General’s Opinion and tell us what this means for future legal actions urgently needed by the European Commission against Hungary in the aftermath of Hungary’s ban on Pride events and draft anti-CSOs law, but also potential future actions against other EU countries as anti-LGBTI and anti-CSOs bills are spreading in the region.
We will be hearing from:
- Dr. Eszter Polgári, Legal Program Director at Háttér Society
- Prof. Dimitry V. Kochenov, Head of Rule of Law research at CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest; founder of the CEU DI Rule of Law Clinic and Professor of Legal Studies, CEU Vienna
- Dr. Luke Dimitrios Spieker, Postdoctoral researcher at Humboldt University Berlin and Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Register here for this webinar, which will take place at 12:30 CEST on 12 June. The session will last 1h30.
