CURRICULUM VITAE Kriszta Kovács LLM, PhD, habil. Contact Information Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Social Sciences Institute of International Studies
Address: 1117-Budapest, Pázmány P. 1/a. Email:
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Professional Experience Current and Previous Positions ELTE University Faculty of Social Sciences (2013-present): - Associate Professor, Program Director, International Human Rights Postgraduate Program in English, UNESCO Chair on Human Rights and Peace - Vice Dean for International Relations (2015-2016) Council of Europe, Venice Commission Joint Council on Constitutional Justice: - Representative (1997-present) - Co-President of the Joint Council (2014-2016) World Conference on Constitutional Justice Bureau, Member (2014-2016) Constitutional Court of Hungary: - Senior Adviser to the former President of the Constitutional Court (2015-2016) - Adviser to the Constitutional Court (1997-2013) Fellowships and Research Positions University of Trento, Trento, Research Fellow Project ‘Constitutional Politics in Post-Westphalian Europe’ (2013-2015) Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung, Berlin/Budapest, Research Scholar Projekt ‘Kampf und Konsens im Verfassungsrecht’ (2012-2013) Bucerius Law School, Hamburg School on Global Governance (2002) Columbia University Law School, Human Rights Institute, New York Research Fellow (2000-2001) University of Birmingham, Birmingham Human Rights Law and Practice Programme (1998) Interights, Cloisters Chambers, London !1
Intern (1998) Central European University, Constitutional and Legislative Policy Institute, Research Associate (1996-1997) New York State's Legislature, Albany, New York Intern (1993) Services to the Community Country Rapporteur, East European Yearbook on Human Rights (2017-) Founding Co-editor, ‘Sovereign’ www.szuveren.hu, website of liberal democracy (in Hungarian, 2010- present) Member, Law and Society Association (2017-) Member, Hungarian Association for Women in Science (2010-present) Supervisory Board Member, Eötvös Károly Public Policy Institute (2010-2015) Founding Co-editor, Fundamentum, the Hungarian Human Rights Quarterly (1997-2008) Co-founder and staff lawyer, Hungarian Human Rights Information and Documentation Centre (1998-2008) Languages Hungarian (native), English (fluent), German (reading, writing, speaking), Italian (reading), Russian (reading)
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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Forthcoming publications: ‘Changing Constitutional Identity via Amendment’ in Constitutional Acceleration within the European Union and Beyond (ed. Paul Blokker, Routledge, 2017) ‘Hungary’s Post-Communist Administrative Law Regimes’ in Comparative Administrative Law (with Kim Lane Scheppele, eds. Susan-Rose Ackerman, Peter L. Lindseth, Elgar, 2017) ‘Constitutional Continuity Disrupted’ in Nationalizing post-postsocialism: pathdependency or structurally driven political turn in Hungary (eds. Margit Feischmidt, Balázs Majtényi, Perdue University Press, 2017) ‘State of Exception: Springtime for the Schmittian Thoughts?’ in the Spring issue of Diritto & Questioni Pubbliche entitled “Emergency legislation in a globalised world” 2017 ‘Standing on Stilts. Philosophical Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights’ (with Gábor Attila Tóth) in Liber Amicorum Andras Sajó, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights 2017 ‘From an Imperfect Democracy to an Incomplete Autocracy’ (with Gábor Attila Tóth) in Nowy konstytucjonalizm. Rzady prawa, politycznosc i sfera publiczna (New Constitutionalism. Rule of Law, the Political and the Public Sphere) 2017 ‘Hungary’s Post-Socialist Administrative Law Regimes’ (with Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton) in the special issue of Communist and Post-Communist Studies 2017 ‘Responsibility or Martyrdom? Facing the Past in Hungary and Poland’ in the special issue of East European Politics and Societies 2017 ‘Facing the Shadows of the Past During Transitions’ in Constitutionalizing Transitional Justice (ed. Cheng-Yi Huang, Academia Sinica) Books, book chapters Unilateral Expansionism: Hungarian Citizenship and Franchise Politics and their Effects on the Hungarian-Romanian Relations in Good Neighbourliness in the
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European Legal Context (with Paul Blokker, eds. Dimitry Kochenov, Elena Basheska, Brill/Nijhoff, Leiden, 2015) 136-159. Aufstieg und Krise. Wirkung der deutschen Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit auf Ungarn, in Politik des Verfassungsrechts (with Gábor Attila Tóth, Hg. Boulanger, Kranenpohl, Wrase, Nomos, Berlin, 2013) 308-332. Lehetséges. Kis Jánosnak tanítványaitól [The possible. Essays in Honor of János Kis](with Gábor A Tóth, Bratislava, Kalligram, 2013) Az egyenlőség felé. A hátrányos megkülönböztetés tilalma és a támogató intézkedések [Towards Equality. The Non-Discrimination Clause and Affirmative Action] (L’Harmattan, Budapest, 2012) Equality. The Missing Link, in Constitution for a Disunited Nation. On Hungary’s 2011 Fundamental Law (ed. Gábor Attila Tóth, CEU Press, Budapest-New York, 2012) 171-195. Fundamental Rights in the Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court, in Twenty Years of the Hungarian Constitutional Court (with László Trócsányi and Gábor Attila Tóth, ed. Péter Paczolay, Constitutional Court of Hungary, Budapest, 2009) 41-99. Nationalbericht. Kommunikationsgrundrechte, in Fundamental Rights in Europe and North America – Hungary (with Zsolt Balogh and Vilmos Térey, ed. Albrecht Weber, Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden–Boston, 2006) B I 119-185. Nationalbericht. Gleichheitsrechte, in Fundamental Rights in Europe and North America – Hungary (with Zsolt Balogh and Vilmos Térey, ed. Albrecht Weber, Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden–Boston, 2006) B III 1-72. Articles Access to Justice. Migration Cases before the Constitutional Court of Hungary, Venice Commission Report, CDL-JU(2016)005, 27 July 2016 Hungary’s Struggle: In a Permanent State of Exception, VerfassungsBlog, 2016/3/17, http://verfassungsblog.de/hungarys-struggle-ina-permanent-state-of-exception/ Do we really need blasphemy laws to protect religious faiths?, Venice Commission Report, CDL-JU(2015)012, 12 June 2015 Margins of Nationality. External Ethnic Citizenship and Non-Discrimination (with Zsolt Körtvélyesi, Aliz Nagy) Perspectives on Federalism 2015 Special Issue, Vol. 7, Issue 1, 85-116. !4
After the economic crisis – In a state of exception?, Venice Commission Report, CDL-JU(2014)013, 8 July 2014 Keeping the Guardian under Control. The Case of Hungary, Venice Commission Report, CDL-JU(2013)006, 25 July 2013 Hungary’s Constitutional Transformation, (with Gábor Attila Tóth) 2011 European Constitutional Law Review 7, 183-203. The anonymity requirement in publishing court decisions, Venice Commission Report, CDL-JU(2011)010, 21 July 2011. Cooperative Decision-making. The Relation between Hungary and Strasbourg, International Constitutional Law Journal Vol 5, (2)2011, 188-199. Think Positive, Preferential Treatment in Hungary, Fundamentum – The Hungarian Human Rights Quarterly (4)2008, 46-63. Book chapters and articles in Hungarian Hol a határ? A külhoni etnikai állampolgárság és a diszkrimináció tilalma, in Fundamentum 2015/4 (társszerzők: Körtvélyesi Zsolt, Nagy Aliz) [‘Where is the border?’ On external ethnic citizenship and the ban on discrimination] Az Emberi jogok európai egyezménye és az uniós jog szerepe az alapjogi ítélkezésben, in Alapjogi bíráskodás – Alapjogok az ítélkezésben (L'Harmattan, Budapest, 2013) [The role of the ECHR and the EU law in the domestic human rights jurisprudence, in Fundamental Rights in the Judicial Practice] Méltóságon alul. Széljegyzetek a Polt Péter kontra Kis János-perhez, in Lehetséges. Kis Jánosnak tanítványaitól (szerk. Kovács Kriszta – Tóth Gábor Attila, Kalligram, Pozsony, 2013) [‘Undignified. Notes to the Case of Polt v Kis’, in The possible. Essays in Honor of János Kis] „Az Alkotmánybíróság többé nem az alkotmányvédelem legfőbb szerve” Sólyom László volt köztársasági elnökkel Kovács Kriszta beszélget, in Fundamentum 2013/1 [Interview with László Sólyom, former President of Hungary] Az egyenlőségi szabály szerepe az alkotmányjogi panaszokban, in Alkotmánybírósági Szemle 2012/2 [‘The new equality clause in constitutional complaints’, in Constitutional Court Review] Az Uj Péter-ügy. Egy védett vélemény a tokaji borról, Jogesetek magyarázata 2011/4 [‘The Case of Uj Péter v. Hungary, A Protected Opinion on the Tokaj Wine’, in Case Law Commentary] !5
Az alkotmánybíráskodás lényeges tartalma, Alkotmánybírósági Szemle 2011/1 [‘The Essential Content of Constitutional Review’, in Constitutional Court Review] M. úr magánélete. Az Application by Guardian and others in HM Treasury v Mohammed Jabar Ahmed and others ügy elemzése, in A személyiség burkai (társszerző: Tóth Gábor Attila, Eötvös Károly Közpolitikai Intézet, Budapest, 2010) [Private life of Mr M, Analysis of the Application by Guardian and Others in HM Treasury v Mohammed Jabar Ahmed and Others case] Az egyesülési jog, in Az Alkotmány kommentárja (szerk. Jakab András, Századvég, Budapest, 2009) [‘The right of association’, in The Commentary of the Constitution] Világnézeti különbségtétel és az Alkotmány, in Vallási sokféleség és a vallási antidiszkrimináció jogi szabályozása – a magyarországi és a határon túli vallási közösségek tapasztalatainak és teológiájának tükrében (OKM, Budapest, 2009) [Religious Discrimination and the Constitution] Erős elv, gyenge jogvédelem. Az anti-diszkriminációs gyakorlat kezdetei Magyarországon, Fundamentum 2009/4 [Strong Principle, Weak Protection. The Past Twenty Years’ Constitutional Court Case Law on Anti-Discrimination] A támogató különbségtétel és az alkotmány, Miskolci Jogi Szemle 2009/2 [Preferential Treatment in the Constitution] Az igazságos kvóta, Fundamentum 2006/4 [The Just Quota] „Rugalmasan ítéljük meg a tagállamok mérlegelési jogkörét.” Interjú Lech Garlicki és Bostjan Zupancic strasbourgi bírákkal, Fundamentum 2005/1 [Interview with Lech Garlicki and Bostjan Zupancic, Judges of the European Court of Human Rights on the Margin of Appreciation] A hátrányos megkülönböztetés tilalma in Emberi jogok (szerk. Halmai GáborTóth Gábor Attila, Osiris, Budapest, 2003) [‘The Non-Discrimination Clause’ in Human Rights] A diszkrimináció-tilalom kiterjesztése az Emberi jogok európai egyezményében, Fundamentum 2000/4 [The Ban on Discrimination in the European Human Rights Convention] Esélyegyenlőség – különbségtétel által, Café Bábel 2000/2 [Equality – via differentiation] A sajtó és a bíróságok viszonyáról, in Magyarország Médiakönyve (Enamiké, Budapest, 1999) [On the Relationship between the Press and the Judiciary] Emberi jogaink – magánjogi viszonyokban, Fundamentum 1998/4 [Human Rights in the Private Sphere] !6
A lapalapítás és a sajtószabadság nemzetközi szabályozása, in Magyarország Médiakönyve (társszerző: Cseh Gabriella, Enamiké, Budapest, 1998) [The Ways of Regulating the Registration of Newspapers] A sajtó szabadságáról (társszerző: Cseh Gabriella), Társadalmi Szemle 1997/3 [On Press Freedom] Edited books Lehetséges. Kis Jánosnak tanítványaitól [The possible. Essays in Honor of János Kis](with Gábor A Tóth, Bratislava, Kalligram, 2013) Four booklets on data protection of national and ethnic minorities, the rights of psychiatric patients, children and drug addicts (Constitutional and Legislative Policy Institute, Budapest 1997) Four booklets on press freedom, data protection and freedom of information (Constitutional and Legislative Policy Institute, Budapest 1996) Alkotmányos elvek és esetek, [Constitutional Cases and Principles] (Constitutional and Legislative Policy Institute, Budapest, 1996) Substantial Blog Posts on Szuveren.hu Az alkotmányos identitás árnyéka [on the dark side of constitutional identity] 9 January 2017 Végtelenített rendkívüli jogrend [on state of emergency] 4 October 2016 Kinek számít a kilenvenkilenc százalék? [on wealth and income inequality] 25 August 2015 Csókolom [on the illiberal turn and the women’s rights] 28 August 2014 Nincs konszenzus, az alkotmányozás elmaradt [on Icelandic constitutionmaking] 17 April 2013 A minimumszint alatt [on the Hungarian constitutionalism in the light of the Venice Commission’s opinions] 15 July 2012 A befejezett mondat [on the ECtHR’s free speech case-law] 19 December 2011 Nincs vallásszabadság egyenlőség nélkül [on the new Hungarian Church Act] 18 July 2011
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Zsákutcában [on the new rules concerning the Constitutional Court] 22 May 2011 A nép bölcsessége [on the constitutionalism in Iceland] 3 April 2011 Berlininek lenni [on tackling multiculturalism] 12 February 2011 A többletpontok értelme [on giving preference to minorities in university admission] 9 January 2011 Japán és a kelet-ázsiai együttműködés [on Japan and the East-Asian cooperation] 9 December 2010 A tudatlanság fátyla? [on the constitutionality of burqa bans] 21 October 2010 Az édes élet jogi terhe [on domestic partnerships] 26 September 2010 Török lecke [on the amendments of the Turkish Constitution] 11 September 2010 Nők a közéletben [on quotas for women in public life] 11 September 2010
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS SINCE 2010 (selection) 2017, Copenhagen – I.CON Annual Conference, paper: ‘International Standards for National Referendums’ 2017, Berlin – WZB Berlin, Constitutional Identity in the Age of Global Immigration, paper presented: ‘Beyond Global/National Dichotomy. Rival Judicial Interpretations of Identity’ 2017, Karlsruhe – German Federal Constitutional Court, Joint Council meeting on Constitutional Justice 2017, Budapest – Hungarian Academy of Sciences, paper presented: Contract Theories and the Freedom of Contract 2017, Budapest – Institute of Political History, European and National Identity (in Hungarian) 2016, Taipei – Academia Sinica, Constitutionalizing Transitional Justice, paper presented: ‘Facing the Shadows of the Past During Transitions’ 2016, Venice – Scuola Grande di San Giovanni, Joint Council meeting on Constitutional Justice, paper presented: ‘Access to Justice? Migration cases before the Constitutional Court of Hungary’ 2016, Oxford – University of Oxford, St. Anthony’s College, Dealing with a Difficult Past, Looking into the Future, Poland’s Transitional Justice in a Comparative Perspective, paper presented: ‘Responsibility or Martyrdom? Facing the Past in Hungary and Poland’ 2016, New Haven – Yale University, Comparative Administrative Law Conference, paper presented: ‘Hungary’s Post-Communist Administrative Law Revolutions’ (with Kim Lane Scheppele) 2016, Budapest – Central European University, In the Name of the People? The Constitutional Democracy and its Rivals, comment presented: ‘What does equality require in the case of minorities and those living in poverty?’ 2015, Bucharest – Constitutional Court of Romania, Joint Council meeting on Constitutional Justice, paper presented: ‘A brief overview of the “constitutional balancing” between free speech and protected interests connected to religious beliefs’ 2015, Trento – University of Trento, The Renovation of the Modern Constitution: Contemporary Constitutional Transformations in Europe, paper presented: ‘Using the Amendment Rule to Change Constitutional Identity’ 2015, Belfast – Queen's University, New Perspectives in European Studies: Europeansation in the EU and the Neighbourhood, paper presented: ‘Unilateral Expansionism: Hungarian-Romanian and Hungarian-Slovakian Relations in the Light of the New Hungarian Constitution’ !9
2014, Oxford – University of Oxford, Wolfson College, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Contemporary Constitutional Change, paper presented: ‘Changing Constitutional Identity via Amendment’ 2014, Batumi – Constitutional Court of Georgia, Joint Council meeting on Constitutional Justice, paper presented: ‘The role of constitutional courts in economic crises’ 2014, Budapest – Central European University, Constitutional Challenges within the EU and Beyond, paper presented: ‘Constitutional Continuity Disrupted’ 2013, Batumi – Constitutional Court of Georgia, Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Reviewing the Constitutionality of the Constitutional Norms, participated as an expert of the Venice Commission, paper presented: ‘Keeping the Guardian under Control. The Case of Hungary’ 2013, Budapest – Central European University, Freedom of Religion and Church State Relations in Hungary. The State of Play After the Fourth Amendment of the Fundamental Law, paper presented: ‘The Anti-Egalitarian Character of the Fundamental Law’ 2012, Berlin – Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Kampf und Konsens im Verfassungsrecht, paper presented: ‘Aufstieg und Krise des ungarischen Verfassungsgerichts’ 2011, Berlin – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Advocates or Notaries of Democracy? A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis of the Role of Constitutional Courts in Political Transformation Processes, paper presented: ‘Changes and Balances. Transforming Constitutional Justice in Hungary’ 2011, Vienna – Universität Wien, Der Kampf ums Recht, paper presented: ‘”The People” in the constitution’ 2011, Ankara – Constitutional Court of Turkey, meeting of the Joint Council on Constitutional Justice of the Venice Commission, paper presented: ‘The anonymity requirement in publishing court decisions’ 2011, Berlin – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Law and Society Institute, The Hungarian Constitutional Crisis and the European Constitutional Standards, paper presented: ‘The Hungarian Constitutional Amendments of 2010’ 2010, Tokyo, Nagoya – Waseda University, Nagoya University, Symposium on the Functions of Multi-layered Fundamental Rights Protection in a Globalized World, paper presented: ‘Cooperative Decision-making. The Relation between Hungary and Strasbourg’
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