“The decision of the Hungarian government to conduct a national referendum regarding children’s access to information concerning sexual orientation and gender identity issues on the same day as the parliamentary elections is deeply regrettable as it furthers the instrumentalisation of the human rights of LGBTI people”, said today the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović.

“It was disappointing that the 'child protection law', which wrongly associates homosexuality with pedophilia and curtails the freedom of expression and education of all Hungarians was adopted in June 2021 despite the strong objections of many international and national observers, including myself.”https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/hungarian-government-must-stop-instrumentalising-and-weakening-the-human-rights-of-lgbti-people