More than 10,000 people in Hungary have already signed a petition to Ákos Kozma calling on the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights to exercise his right under the Basic Law and to apply to the Constitutional Court for amendments that seriously violate the rights of transgender people.

Section 33 of the Act promulgated on 28 May provides that the birth register of persons must be entered in the registry, which cannot be changed later. This also means that, in the future, this inalienable data will also be found in identity documents, which will seriously violate the right and human dignity of trans people to privacy and non-legal recognition based on their identity.

The Constitutional Court has already ruled in a guiding decision that the legal recognition and possible name change of the gender of transgender people is closely linked to the fundamental right to human dignity. According to the court, a change of name is inherent in a change of name, and the state is obliged to establish regulations that ensure transfer through registers without discrimination.

The petition we sent to the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights today has so far been signed by 10,000 people from Hungary, but that number is growing. The initiating organizations will continue the action until Ákos Kozma requests a subsequent norm control from the Constitutional Court. At the same time, they continue to ask everyone to sign the letter to the Ombudsman and to help him reach as many people as possible.

It is time for the people's lawyer to stand up for the fundamental rights of trans people and show that those who have been violated in Hungary can count on it. If the Commissioner does not act in time, trans people will be in a more vulnerable position and the number of hate crimes committed against them may increase.

The campaign is jointly organized by Amnesty International Hungary, Budapest Pride, the Background Society, the Hungarian LGBT Association and the Prizma Community.

Amnesty International's global organization has also been involved in collecting letters to the Ombudsman, so letters to Ákos Kozma are constantly being received from other countries. Read more via Hatter