In June 2021, the Parliament adopted the legislative package, also known as the pedophile law or the child protection law, which on the one hand protects children from pedophile criminals, and on the other hand protects children's right to self-identity according to their birth gender.
In addition, the legislation also protects the most vulnerable from promoting gender reassignment or homosexuality in their circles.
These are typically topics in which many governments have decided without consulting the people, i.e. today, the Western European parent who does not want their child to be exposed to LGBTQ propaganda from an early age is typically not in a decision-making position.
That is why the Hungarian government decided to ask the voters' opinion on the subject in a referendum.
The left is doing everything to undermine the child protection law and the success of the referendum held on April 3. To this end, Péter Márki-Zay, the joint Prime Minister candidate of the six opposition parties, regularly claims that the referendum is stupid, and that there is no problem that the law can solve.
Now the child protection law has come under attack from another source: a UN body has also started to attack the law.
The UN Human Rights Council (recommendations are available on its website) regularly prepares reports in which the situation of all UN member states is regularly reviewed, and then the members of the council formulate recommendations. Among the latest recommendations of the world organization addressed to Hungary, there are many that echo the position of the Soros organizations on the issue of child protection.
They called on Hungary to "repeal the legislation that prohibits the 'promotion of homosexuality' among minors" .
Another recommendation calls on our country to "ensure children's right to comprehensive sexuality education, including education about the full diversity of sexual orientations, gender identities and gender characteristics" . The recommendations are not formulated by the board in general, but by the member states that take part in it - more precisely, by their representatives.
The recommendation of the Luxembourgers called on Hungary to ensure that all textbooks and educational materials promote respect for LGBTI+ persons. to "actively promote tolerance and respect for people with different sexual orientations and gender identities" at the same time as giving up child protection .
The Hungarian Nation knows that the cabinet will reject many recommendations in a decision. According to our information, the following recommendations are considered the most problematic. In these, they call on the Hungarian government to
- act against intolerance and discrimination against vulnerable groups, including refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, women and girls, Roma, Muslims, Jews and LGBTQ people, and repeal legislation banning LGBTQ media portrayals and transgender legislation prohibiting the legal recognition of the gender identity of persons. (United States)
- Prevent discrimination against LGBTQ people by repealing laws that prohibit certain types of discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity with people under 18. (Australia)
- Take all necessary steps to end stigmatization and discrimination against the LGBTQ community, including repealing legislation that uses child protection as an excuse to further marginalize LGBTQ people. (Ireland)
- Support the conclusions of the Council of the European Union on the new European Union Children's Rights Strategy and ensure at the national level that all textbooks and educational materials objectively portray sexual orientation and gender identity and promote tolerance and respect for LGBTQ people. (Luxembourg)
- Repeal the law that prohibits the "promotion of homosexuality" to minors and pass legislation to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. (Norway)
- Repeal the discriminatory provisions of the anti-pedophilia law and actively promote tolerance and respect for people of different sexual orientations and gender identities. (Liechtenstein)
- Repeal sections of the "Anti-Pedophilia Act" that prohibit the display of gender identity other than birth sex, gender reassignment, and homosexuality. (Spain)
- Take effective measures to prevent and prevent discrimination against LGBTQ people, including repealing the anti-LGBTQ passages of the Anti-Pedophilia Act and reinstating the Equal Treatment Authority. (Netherlands)
- Repeal a new child protection law it says stigmatizes and discriminates against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, and creates an untenable link between homosexuality and pedophilia. (Austria)
- Ensure children's right to comprehensive sexuality education, including education about the full diversity of sexual orientations, gender identities and gender characteristics. (Iceland)
There is a debate about whether Hungarian parents have the right to have a say in how they raise their children, or whether activist groups chosen by no one can say this. Here we don't think like Brussels
- Csaba Dömötör, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office, explained the government's position in the Narratíva podcast of Mediaworks-Hírcentrum.
Judit Varga: the child protection law is being attacked on another front
The Hungarian child protection law is being attacked on a new front, Justice Minister Judit Varga wrote on her Facebook page on Thursday.
The UN Human Rights Council examines the human rights situation of all states every five years, and now it is Hungary's turn, among others. In this otherwise extremely politicized process, every state can make a recommendation to the country under investigation, the minister said.
He added that, in addition to the many positive feedbacks, Hungary also received several recommendations in which the child protection law passed in the summer was openly attacked. The law would be repealed on the grounds that it "prohibits the promotion of LGBTQ propaganda among minors," reads Judit Varga's Facebook page.
In the video uploaded on the subject, the minister said: "we consider political attacks disguised as recommendations, which are based on one-sided information and deliberate misinterpretations, and which question the fundamental elements of our constitutional identity, to be unacceptable".
"It is outrageous that certain countries, succumbing to left-liberal pressure, echo the position of international NGOs, while ignoring the Basic Law of our country or the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union."
"The Hungarian government stands up for the rights of children and parents and rejects these ideologically biased recommendations. Our position is clear: no one can interfere in the education of Hungarian children, as it is solely the responsibility of the parents. And this must be respected by all the countries of the world," Judit Varga stated in her video.
Source: hirado.hu / Magyar Nemzet / MTI
Photo: NGOs protest against the Child Protection Act in 2021 with rainbow balloons / Mandiner
