Translations summaries
24 December 1994
Decision 60/1994. on the screening of certain public officials
Subject of the case:
The law on mandating background checks on individuals holding certain key offices
17 November 1994
Decision 57/1994. on the leasing of living accomodation
Subject of the case:
Several provisions of the law on the leasing and the alienation of living accommodation
10 November 1994
Decision 55/1994. on the incompatibility of the office of mayor and MP
Subject of the case:
Act no. LXVII of 1990 on specific questions of the office of mayor and Member of Parliament
26 October 1994
Decision 45/1994. on the Government awarding judges
Subject of the case:
A provision of a decree issued by the Minister of Justice challenged because it made it possible for the Minister of Justice, a member of the executive branch, to award or recommend judges for honours for their judicial activity
21 October 1994
Decision 46/1994. on military and civilian service
Subject of the case:
Several provisions of the National Defence Act (Act no. CX of 1993) and of a government decree executing the law challenged on the details of military and civilian service
13 September 1994
Decision 1814/B/1991. on the regualtions for gambling
Subject of the case:
The Law on the Organisation of Gambling which provides for one regulation for certain games (e.g. lottery, bingo, horse-races) and a different one for others
24 June 1994
Decision 36/1994. on defamation and libel against public officials
Subject of the case:
Article 232 of the Penal Code that prohibits defamation and libel against public officials
24 June 1994
Decision 35/1994. on the acquisition of arable land
Subject of the case:
Several provisions of a new law on arable land challenged by the President of the Republic before the promulgation of that law
24 June 1994
Decision 34/1994. on the protection of governmental archives
Subject of the case:
Provisions of legal regulations on the protection of archives dating from 1969, namely governmental decrees concerning research in public archives, as well as decrees regulating classified materials
20 May 1994
Decision 29/1994. on the general and uniform use of the personal identification number
Subject of the case:
The collection and processing of the personal identification number in the absence of a definite purpose and for arbitrary future use in specific cases
20 May 1994
Decision 28/1994. on environmental protection
Subject of the case:
Provisions of the amended Acts I and II of 1992 on agricultural cooperatives, which established the rules for distribution of land currently held by cooperatives among their members
16 April 1994
Decision 21/1994. on the freedom of enterprise on the licensing of taxis
Subject of the case:
The numerus clausus of taxi-cab licences by local governments
16 April 1994
Decision 20/1994. on withdrawing allowance from salary
Subject of the case:
Courts being allowed to issue an order obliging an employer to withdraw from the salary of a judgment debtor the allowance for the maintenance of children
12 April 1994
Decision 22/1994. on the obligatory membership of the bar association
Subject of the case:
Obligatory membership of a professional association and the freedom of association
31 March 1994
Decision 18/1994. on separating public schools and denominational schools
Subject of the case:
The new Law on public education (enacted in 1993) that pursues the objective of institutionally separating state-run public schools and denominational schools
29 March 1994
Decision 17/1994. on the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman
Subject of the case:
The statutory provisions regulating the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman that do not allow the investigation by him of the functioning of the courts
25 March 1994
Decision 16/1994. on the right to be elected
Subject of the case:
The cases of incompatibility of parliamentary representatives in the Constitution and in ordinary laws
13 March 1994
Decision 14/1995. on the legal equality of same sex partnerships
Subject of the case:
Article 10.1 of Law IV of 1952 on Marriage, Family and Guardianship, according to which "men and women of legal age may get married"
11 January 1994
Decision 2/1994. on retroactive criminal legislation
Subject of the case:
Several provisions of the Law on People's Courts constituting retroactive criminal legislation, violating the principle of nullum crimen sine lege and nulla poena sine lege
4 January 1994
Decision 1/1994. on the rights of the public prosecutor in civil proceedings
Subject of the case:
The general and unlimited right of the public prosecutor to institute civil proceedings