Severity 5 — Catastrophic⚖️ rights01 January 2019

Independent Courts Dismantled

Orbán's government packed the Constitutional Court with loyalists, lowered the retirement age of judges to force out opponents, and created a parallel administrative court system under government control, destroying judicial independence.

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Human Rights Watch

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