{"id":5612,"date":"2024-06-11T09:51:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mfi.gov.hu\/10-years-of-the-hungarian-criminal-code-european-challanges-central-european-responses-in-the-criminal-science-of-the-21st-century\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:23:47","slug":"10-years-of-the-hungarian-criminal-code-european-challanges-central-european-responses-in-the-criminal-science-of-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfi.gov.hu\/en\/10-years-of-the-hungarian-criminal-code-european-challanges-central-european-responses-in-the-criminal-science-of-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"10 years of the Hungarian Criminal Code European Challenges, Central European Responses in the Criminal Science of the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The conference analysing the situation of the code of substantive criminal law of November of 2022 in the ceremonial hall of the Hungarian Surpreme Court. During the event, organized by the Ferenc M\u00e1dl Institute of Comparative Law and supported by the Faculty of Law of the University of Miskolc, the audience was able to get a general insight into, besides the status quo<\/em> of the Hungarian criminal law, the relevant issues of the countries of the Central European region and the current criminological tendencies in the area.<\/p>\n\n

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The program was opened by Dr. Judit Varga, Minister of Justice and Prof. Dr. Andr\u00e1s Patyi, Vice-President of the Hungarian Surpreme Court. The I. panel, moderated by Prof. Dr. J\u00e1nos Ede Szil\u00e1gyi (FMI, director), was commenced with the presentation of Dr. S\u00e1ndor Pint\u00e9r, Minister of Interior, who discussed the gained experience from the perspective of the investigating authorities regarding the 10 years of the code. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

After the minister, Prof. Dr. P\u00e9ter Polt, Prosecutor General and Prof. Dr. \u00c1gnes Czine, Member of the Constitutional Court of Hungary shared their experience and personal opinion from the point of view of the prosecution service and the Constitutional Court, highlighting both the results and the future challanges. Dr. Gy\u00f6rgy Senyei, President of the National Office for the Judiciary drew our attention to certain aspects of the formation and the training of the criminal judges. Dr. Zsolt Cs\u00e1k, Head of the Criminal Chamber of the Hungarian Surpreme Court gave us a brief overview concerning the law unification activity in connection with the criminal code in power. Dr. Istv\u00e1n K\u00f3nya, Ministerial Commissioner of the Ministry of Justice emphasized the practical advantages of the code in the light of the positive results of criminal statistics. J\u00e1nos Schmehl, Major General, Deputy Director General for Security and Incarceration, held his presentation concerning the effects of the more and more strict criminal policy in the field of law enforcement. The panel was closed with the speech of Dr. J\u00e1nos B\u00e1n\u00e1ti, President of the Hungarian Bar Association, who shared his thoughts from the defender\u2019s perspective regarding certain practical aspects.<\/p>\n\n

The II. panel, led by Dr. G\u00e1bor Jancs\u00f3, Deputy State Secretary responsible for criminal legislation, was meant to give an insight into the criminal law and criminal policy of the countries participating in the Central European cooperation. The information was presented by well-known researchers from each country: Dr. Marek Kord\u00edk (Associate Professor, Comenius University) about Slovakia, Prof. Dr. V\u011bra Kalvodov\u00e1 (Head of Department of Criminal Law, Masaryk University) and Prof. Dr. Marek Fry\u0161t\u00e1k (Vice-Dean, Masaryk University) about Cechia, Prof. Dr. Marcin Wielec (Vice-Dean, Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski University) about Poland, Dr. Cristian Mihe\u0219 (Dean, University of Oradea) about Romania, Ivana Radisavljevi\u0107 (University Assistant, University of Belgrade) about Serbia, Dr. Miha \u0160epec (Associate Professor, University of Maribor) and Maja Kotnik (PhD-student, University of Maribor) about Slovenia and Dr. Marta Dragi\u010devi\u0107 Prtenja\u010da (Associate Professor, University of Zagreb) about Croatia. The first day of the conference was closed by Prof. Dr. Csongor Herke DSc (Head of the Department of Criminal and Civil procedure law, University of P\u00e9cs), who gave an overview on Hungarian criminal law and criminal policy and the words of Prof. Dr. J\u00e1nos Ede Szil\u00e1gyi.<\/p>\n\n

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The III. panel of the event took place on the second day, under the moderation of Prof. Dr. Andrea T\u00fcnde Barab\u00e1s, Director of the National Institute of Criminology. In the first presentation, Prof. Dr. Mih\u00e1ly T\u00f3th DSc (Professor, K\u00e1roli G\u00e1sp\u00e1r University of the Reformed Church) reflected on the development of criminal sciences during the last decade and also talked about the potential future questions. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Zsolt Szomora (Deputy-Head of Institute, University of Szeged) drew our attention to the newest criminal tendencies that made the numerous amendments of the criminal code necessary. Dr. habil. R\u00f3bert Bartk\u00f3 (Associate Professor, University of Gy\u0151r) introduced us his latest results achieved via comparative research in the field of criminal law instruments concerning the fight against terrorism. Prof. Dr. Erika R\u00f3th (Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice, University of Miskolc) showed us the novelties of the coercive measures appearing in the Hungarian Criminal Procedural Code. Dr. habil. S\u00e1ndor Madai (Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Debrecen; Associate Professor, National University of Public Service) presented certain common and different features of the Central European countries concerning the criminal protection of the economy. In their paper, Prof. Dr. Judit Jacs\u00f3 (Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Miskolc) and Dr. Bence Udvarhelyi (Assistant Professor, University of Miskolc) focused on the protection of the financial interests of the European Union, in particular, on the problematic issues of money laundering. Prof. Dr. Kl\u00e1ra Kerezsi DSc (Professor, National University of Public Service) shared the major similarities of criminal policies among Central European countries, highlighting the common goals of the legislative organs. Finally, Dr. Erika Csema-V\u00e1radi (Associate Professor, University of Miskolc; Senior Researcher, MFI) held her presentation about the social challanges of the past 30 years and the relevant criminal law reactions, using an interdisciplinary approach.<\/p>\n\n

The event was closed with the thoughts and the acknowledgements of Prof. Dr. J\u00e1nos Ede Szil\u00e1gyi. The success of the conference is well demonstrated by the fact that a vivid dialogue evolved among the lecturers and the members of the audience during the discussion and between certain presentations too, that may prove to be \u201efertile soil\u201d for future comparative criminal law research.<\/p>\n\n

Programme of the event in Hungarian:<\/p>\n\n

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Videos of the presentations in English:<\/p>\n\n