About us

The Institute for the Protection of Minority Rights (IPMR) is a non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit organisation, founded in 2012 with the aim of promoting and protecting the rights of Hungarian minority communities living in countries neighbouring Hungary. Our main goal is to support individuals and organizations providing legal aid to members of the Hungarian minority communities when their human- and minority rights have been violated, in order to redress and remedy such violations, as well as to effectively prevent future ones from happening.

In this respect, our activities rest on three main pillars: 1.) Support of lawsuits on national and international level pertaining to the rights of persons belonging to, and organizations advocating for the Hungarian minority. 2.) Support of permanent legal assistance services in countries neighbouring Hungary. 3.) Organization of specialized trainings, conferences, and summer universities to promote the importance of minority rights advocacy, and contribute to a more effective legal protection of minority Hungarians.

Within the above framework, the Institute strives to establish close cooperation with institutions, advocacy groups, NGOs, INGOs, national- and international office holders, scientific and academic organizations, as well as universities and other stakeholders engaged in the area of human- and minority rights.

We are dedicated to the development of human rights standards, minority protection, rule of law, and committed to foster the implementation of relevant international treaties, and best practices in this field.

A KISEBBSÉGI JOGVÉDŐ ALAPÍTVÁNY KURATÓRIUMÁNAK TAGJAI:

Elnök:
Dr. Bándi Gyula

Elnökhelyettesek:
Csóti György
Dr. Gyeney Laura

Tagok:
Dr. Debisso Kinga
Dr. Gerencsér Balázs
Dr. Halázs Zsolt
Dr. Szabó Ildikó

IPMR STAFF:

Dr. Laura Gyeney

Director (of the Institute)

gyeney.laura@kji.hu

Dr. Laura Gyeney PhD, is a qualified lawyer, specializing in EU law, in particular in certain issues related to EU citizenship. From 2012 to 2015 and from 2022 onwards, she is the Director of the Kisebbségi Jogvédő Intézet and also the Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Kisebbségi Jogvédő Alapítvány (Foundation for the protection of Minority Rights). Dr. Laura Gyeney is Deputy Head of the Department of European Law of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Associate Professor, PhD supervisor, editor of the Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law, Secretary of the Subcommittee on European Law of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She holds an advanced level certificate in English and an intermediate level certificate in Italian.

Dr. Sándor Szemesi

Advisor to the Director (International and EU Law)

szemesi.sandor@kji.hu

Dr. Sándor Szemesi (1979) PhD, habilit., is a qualified lawyer specializing in constitutional law, EU law and international law. Since 2022, he has been an advisor to the Director of the Kisebbségi Jogvédő Intézet in international and EU law. He holds an advanced level certificate in English (general and professional-legal certificate) and an intermediate level certificate in German.

Dr. Balázs Tárnok

Adviser to the Director (Minority Protection)

tarnok.balazs@kji.hu

Dr. Balázs Tárnok (1990), PhD, LLM, was born in the former Upper Hungary (now a part of Slovakia), and he is a lawyer specializing in the protection of minority rights. Since 2022, he has been the director's advisor of the Kisebbségi Jogvédő Intézet, responsible for minority rights issues. Dr. Balázs Tárnok is the Managing Director of the European Strategy Research Institute (EUSTRAT) of the Ludovika University of Public Service, deputy director of the training program entitled "Without Borders - Nation, Minority, Diaspora" of the Károli Interdisciplinary Academy of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, and since 2018 he is the vice-chairman of the Rákóczi Association. Dr. Balázs Tárnok was a visiting research fellow of the Hungary Foundation in 2021 (University of Notre Dame, Indiana, US). In 2022, he was awarded the Csaba Lőrincz Award presented by the Pro Minoritate Foundation for his scientific and public work covering the violations of the rights of Hungarians living beyond the borders of Hungary. He holds an advanced level certificate in English (and is a certified legal translator) and has professional working proficiency in Slovakian.

Kinga Debisso

lawyer

debisso.kinga@kji.hu

+36 30 594 2234

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