Ombudsman and Deputies Deliver This Year’s Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Awards
 

The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and his deputies presented the Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Awards at a ceremony held on 9 December 2022. 



At the ceremony held at the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, the Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Award was granted by Commissioner Dr. Ákos Kozma to General Director of the Saint Ágota Child Protection Service of the Szeged-Csanád Diocese Mr. János Kothencz.  Deputy Commissioner for the Rights of National Minorities Dr. Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay presented the award to the National Council of Hungarian Ethnic Minorities, while Deputy Commissioner for Future Generations Dr. Gyula Bándi granted the award to the Secretary General of the National Council for Sustainable Development Dr. Gábor Bartus. Also, the work of National Commander of the Hungarian Prison Service, Prison Lieutenant General Dr. Tamás Tóth, State Secretary for Forests Mr. Péter Zambó and CEO of the Szombathely Forestry Zrt József Bugán was acknowledged by the Ombudsman.

This award, founded by the Ombudsmen in 2007, is granted for outstanding accomplishment, professional activities or career to those who have achieved or contributed to the achievement of extraordinary, exemplary results in the field of protecting fundamental human and civil rights, in particular the rights of the child and other vulnerable groups, the rights of national minorities and the environment. 

At the end of the ceremony, the Christmas gifts of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, the Hungarian Prison Service Headquarters, as well as Szombathely Forestry Zrt were delivered to the Rum Special Children’s Home of the Vas County Child Protection Centre and Primary School, as well as the Saint Ágota Children’s Homes.

Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Awards Granted in 2022
 

This award, founded by the Ombudsmen in 2007, is granted for outstanding accomplishment, professional activities or career to those who have achieved or contributed to the achievement of extraordinary, exemplary results in the field of protecting fundamental human and civil rights, in particular the rights of the child and other vulnerable groups, the rights of national minorities and the environment.

Commissioner for Fundamental Rights Dr. Ákos Kozma granted the Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum award to President of the International Ombudsman Institute, i.e. IOI Mr. Chris Field in an official ceremony on 14 September 2022.
On 25 October 2022, the Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum award was also granted to Police Lieutenant General, National Chief of Police Dr. János Balogh. 

JUSTITIA REGNORUM FUNDAMENTUM AWARD

The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights presented the 2019 Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Awards at a ceremony held on 9 December 2019. 

This award, founded by the Ombudsmen in 2007, is granted for outstanding accomplishment, professional activities or career to those who have achieved or contributed to the achievement of extraordinary, exemplary results in the field of protecting human and civil rights, in particular the rights of the child and other vulnerable groups, the rights of national minorities and the environment.

The award is presented every year on the anniversary of the establishment of the Ombudsman institution.

By presenting the Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Award to Albin Juhász-Laczik OSB and the Child Protection Programme of Pannonhalma, to Mr. István Farkas, Executive Chair, then Co-Chair of the Association of Hungarian Nature Defenders, and to the Association of National Self-Governments of the Nationalities, Commissioner for Fundamental Rights Dr. Ákos KOZMA acknowledged their outstanding work and activities in their respective fields.

The reasoning for granting the 2019 Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Awards can be read by clicking on the name of the award winners.

Albin Juhász-Laczik

Association of National Self Governments of the Nationalities

István Farkas

List of award winners

2018
Lajos Vékás
Éva Mayer
Sándor Kerekes

2017
Csaba Böjte
László Szarka
András Lukács

2016
Györgyi Bindorffer
Jona David Cordonier Gehring
Dr. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
Ferenc Snétberger