The debate on the recognition of Hungarian Jewry as a national minority in Hungary, 1990–1993

Kiss, Balázs (2024) The debate on the recognition of Hungarian Jewry as a national minority in Hungary, 1990–1993. HUNGARIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES, 65 (4). pp. 454-467. ISSN 2498-5473

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Abstract

There is no definition of national, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities that is binding on states, which therefore have a wide margin of appreciation in deciding which communities to officially recognize. Since its adoption, the Hungarian law on national and ethnic minorities defined the concept and the scope of minorities and provided for the possibility of recognizing an ethnic group as a minority on the initiative of the community concerned. Therefore, the major objective of the article is to focus on the debates in the Parliament and its committees in connection with the normative definition of the Bill on the Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities, the scope of national and ethnic minorities and the procedure for the recognition of a new minority in Hungary, using the example of the Jewish community. The article also presents the normative regulations on the concept of national minorities, the scope of officially recognized communities and the recognition of minorities in Hungary after the adoption of the act in 1993.

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