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In every field of life it is essential to be able to act in the service of community for the common interests, setting aside our private interests – highlighted the President of National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) in her welcome speech at the handover of the renewed building of the Debrecen Administrative and Labour Court.
The Hungarian team has prepared an excellent written project at the 4-day-long championship, organized by the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN). The team of trainee judges has returned home with a medal and a certificate, along with the judges’ praise for their thoughtful opinions and written work.
A two-day long international conference titled ‘Judicial Cooperation with Candidate and Neighboring Countries of the European Union’ was organized by the Ministry of Justice and the European Public Law Organization (EPLO) for the judicial organizations on 19-20 June 2019 in Budapest.
The National Infocommunication Service Provider (NISZ Zrt.) has granted the "Infocommunication Project in Public Administration" Year Award for the National Office for the Judiciary, the National Prison Service, the National Police Headquarters, the Prosecutor General's Office and the National Tax Office for their project work on distance hearing systems.
The Supreme Court of Hungary (Curia) keeps performing its judicial tasks laid down in the Constitution and other Acts at a high professional level during the epidemiological state of danger as well.
The importance of family relations, the alteration of the child’s habitual residence, the arrangements for visiting rights and child support obligations where the main topics at the National Conference on Child-Centered Justice, organized by the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) with the participation of one-hundred judges working in the field of family law and criminal law.
The Regional Court of Appeal of Szeged has appointed the concrete days of the second instance hearing in the criminal case (so-called case of „Death-Truck of Parndorf”) that started because of homicide and other criminal actions against L. S. and his 13 fellow defendants.
On the occasion of the Day of the Prosecution, on June 11 2019, a ceremony was held by the Office of the Attorney General in the ceremonial hall of the Curia. At the event, the Attorney General, dr. Péter Polt awarded the Pro Cooperatione Medal to dr. Tünde Handó, president of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ).
Since January 2018, the National Office for the Judiciary has been a partner in the "InAbsentiEAW" project launched by the University of Maastricht and supported by the European Commission.
The law on the status of judges lays down the principle, that the relative of a court leader can not work as a judge at the same court (conflict of interests based on family relations).
Considering that the decision on the exceptions from the prohibition of employment due to conflicting interests of relatives affects the whole career of the concerned persons, the NJC felt it necessary to elaborate a clear system of criteria for deciding on such requests.
The National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) has invited entries for a contest for amateur photographers. Those who are interested in taking photos of court buildings, court work, everyday life or courtroom events are welcome to apply.
dr. Márta Balogh found herself in a whole new professional role, but managed to pick up the pace at Eurojust. The criminal judge from the Tatabánya Regional Court travelled to the Hague in September with the EJTN long term exchange program to spend four months there.
For decades, the Palace of Justice has been the seat of the highest judicial forum at the main square of the country. Adjacent to the Parliament building, the ministries and the Kúria, it also symbolizes the principle of separation of powers – said dr. Tünde Handó, the president of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) when opening the international conference to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Act IV of 1869 on the Exercise of Judicial Power.
The second instance hearing in the so-called case of „Death-Truck of Parndorf” has been continued with the last-word-statements of the defendants on 14th June at the Regional Court of Appeal of Szeged. The 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, and 14th defendants, who were not involved in the transport of Parndorf made a full confession and expressed his deepest regret in the felony of continuous man-smuggling.
In the first three months of 2019, the number of cases finished by the courts was invariably higher than the number of cases launched in the courts.
According to the justice scoreboard, the Hungarian judiciary is at the frontline of Europe: the results in the area of digitalisation are excellent, the length of administrative court cases is the fourth shortest, and the length of civil cases is the fifth shortest in Hungary – highlighted dr Tünde Handó, President of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) at the press conference held before the general meeting of judges at the Regional Court of Szeged.