Budapest, January 15 (MTI) ? State Secretary for Justice R?bert R?passy held consultations Tuesday with leaders of Jewish organizations on legislative issues connected with hate crimes, the ministry told MTI.
R?passy briefed the head rabbi of the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation EMIH and a representative of the Action and Defence Foundation on developments concerning Hungary?s new criminal code which went into effect on July 1, 2012, the ministry said in a statement.
The new criminal code made changes to the qualification of crimes of incitement to hatred of a community and violence committed against a member of a community. A modification of the code on Dec. 17 last year introduced the right of civil rights involving a community, the statement said.
The state secretary vowed that ministry experts would review constitutional, civil rights and criminal law issues concerning the protection of a community?s integrity and would recommend legislative steps as necessary.
The two organizations filed a complaint against a radical nationalist lawmaker that was rejected by the prosecution?s investigations office.
EMIH accused Jobbik deputy M?rton Gy?ngy?si of incitement to hatred against a community over his parliamentary address on Nov. 27 in which he called for the compilation of a list of Jewish ministers and MPs.
Justifying the decision, Imre Keresztes, the head of the prosecution?s investigations office, said the legal interpretation consistently applied by the Constitutional Court and other courts has shown that incitement to hatred against a community is committed ?if a perpetrator acts in a way that results in? a direct threat of violence caused by incited emotions.?
EMIH and the Action and Defense Foundation expressed disappointment over the prosecution?s decision.
?The prosecutor has applied the rule ordering to punish those inciting hatred against a community contrary to the lawmakers? original intention,? they said.
The two organisations said that ?consulting with Hungarian and international interest associations and with legal experts? it would make every possible effort to clarify the legal environment for punishing incitement to hatred.
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