Interview with the Presidents of the Supreme Court (Kúria) and the Constitutional Court of Hungary on the relationship between the apex courts of the Member States and the CJEU I wrote a few weeks ago about Advocate General Bobek's position that, under certain conditions, the ordinary courts of the Member States must disregard the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Member States and ensure that the provisions of the European law is upheld. On April 30, the President

Tech giants might cause headaches... Especially, when we attempt to think simultaneously with the heads of consumers, states and tycoons. This post intends to reveal some dimensions of regulating social media from a legal point of view, or to present the proverbial ‘windmill fight’ against seemingly unapproachable powers. An unregulated social media environment can lead to interesting debates in many legal dimensions. The reason is that the topic is full of unclear definition

Introduction The treatment of patients who refuse blood transfusions is always a challenge for doctors all around the world. One group in particular has become well-known for this reason: Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse transfusions of whole blood, of red and white corpuscles, platelets and plasma since 1945, when the legal organisation of leaders of the Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society concluded that it was against divine law.[1] Their

The EU COVID-19 Certificate and the Eastern Vaccines in the Light of Free Movement and Residence As many of us have already heard it on the news, on 29 April 2021, the European Parliament (EP) adopted its amendments on the proposal for a regulation on a framework for the Digital Green Passport or better known as EU COVID-19 Certificate (Certificate), in contrast to the opinion of the World Health Organization (WHO). Under the articles of the proposal, the use of the designati

On 23 March, the Hungarian Constitutional Court decided on a certain case based on a judicial initiative for norm control. The question of the three judges initiating the procedure was the lawfulness of a new norm in the statelessness procedure. The judges asked whether this norm is in line with the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. Statelessness and Hungary The international conventional system for providing protection for humanitarian migrants is