Fundamental Rights Protection through Constitutional Complaints, with Special Respect of Its Effectiveness
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31078/consrev1121Keywords:
Constitutional complaint, Constitutional law, Effective remedy, Fundamental rights, Judicial reviewAbstract
The Hungarian constitutional complaint is a modern, functional, and effective legal remedy, the effectiveness of which has been recognized by the European Court of Human Rights. At the same time, the ECtHR emphasized that it is up to the applicant to decide which type of constitutional complaint to file. Based on this idea, I have identified the key points that need to be known in order to assess the success of the constitutional complaint procedure. The effectiveness of a constitutional complaint is fundamentally influenced by the filtering criteria and legal consequences determined by the legislator, as well as by the practice developed by the Hungarian Constitutional Court. More specifically, this means that there are some key points, such as the interpretation of the content of the fundamental rights protected, the determination of issues of fundamental constitutional significance and the strictness of certain formal requirements, all of which could influence the effectiveness of the complaint. In this analysis, I would like to raise a few points that show, based on Hungarian experience, how all these circumstances can narrow or broaden the effectiveness of constitutional complaint procedures.
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