CASE OF HÁTTÉR TÁRSASÁG AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MAGYARORSZÁG v. HUNGARY

CASE OF HÁTTÉR TÁRSASÁG AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MAGYARORSZÁG v. HUNGARY

Application No: 43901/22

Articles: 35, 35-3-a, 10, 10-1, 10-2, 41

Respondent state: HUN

Date: 2026-11-03

Conclusion:

Remainder inadmissible (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded; Violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression - {general} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression; Freedom to impart information; Freedom to receive ideas); Pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: Beian v. Romania (no. 1), no. 30658/05, § 38, ECHR 2007-V (extracts); Cangı v. Turkey, no. 24973/15, § 35, 29 January 2019; Communauté genevoise d’action syndicale (CGAS) v. Switzerland [GC], no. 21881/20, §§ 138-44, 27 November 2023; Danileţ v. Romania [GC], no. 16915/21, § 118, 15 December 2025; Erol Uçar v. Turkey (dec.), no. 12960/05, 29 September 2009; Ferreira Santos Pardal v. Portugal, no. 30123/10, § 45, 30 July 2015; Lupeni Greek Catholic Parish and Others v. Romania [GC], no. 76943/11, § 116, 29 November 2016; Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt v. Hungary [GC], no. 201/17, §§ 99 and 116-117, 20 January 2020; Nejdet Şahin and Perihan Şahin v. Turkey [GC], no. 13279/05, §§ 49-58, 20 October 2011; O’Keeffe v. Ireland [GC], no. 35810/09, § 199, ECHR 2014 (extracts); Oberschlick v. Austria (No. 2), 1 July 1997, § 39, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-IV; Vučković and Others v. Serbia (preliminary objection) [GC], nos. 17153/11 and 29 others, §§ 69 77, 25 March 2014