Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Ernő KÁLLAI, Deputy-Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, responsible for the Rights of Nationalities

 

 

 

Studies

 

2008                Ph.D. degree in legal theory and legal sociology at the Deák Ferenc Doctoral School of Law and Political Sciences, University of Miskolc

1997 - 2002     Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law and Political Sciences - lawyer

1994 - 1998     Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Arts - secondary school teacher of history

1990 - 1994     Eszterházy Károly Teacher Training College - teacher specialised in history and music

1994 - 1995     Journalism School - certified journalist

1995                Hungarian Radio - news editor and radio journalist

 

Employment

 

2010                Eszterházy Károly College, Faculty of Teacher Training and Knowledge Technology - head of department

2009                University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Department of Constitutional Law - guest professor

2008                Corvinus University of Budapest, Post-graduate specialist training programme in equality and minority issues - mentor and guest professor

2007                Parliamentary Commissioner for National and Ethnic Minority Rights

2002 - 2010     Apor Vilmos Catholic College, Institute of Romology and Applied Social Sciences - head of institute, college professor

1998                Hungarian Academy of Sciences Ethnic and National Minority Research Institute - Head of research group on Romology

1999 - 2002     Miskolc University, Department of Sociology, professor

1996 - 1998     member of staff of the Roma Civil Rights Foundation

1988 - 1997     teacher at various educational institutions

 

Scholarships

 

2000 - 2002     Civic Education Project

1997 - 1999     Soros Foundation

1998 - 2002     European Roma Rights Centre

1997 - 1999     Roma Civil Rights Foundation, „Invisible College" for Roma students

 

Public and professional activities

 

2007 -              Member of the Equal Treatment Professional Advisory Board

2002- 2005      Member of the board of trustees of the Autonomy Foundation

1998- 2004      Member of the board of trustees of the Gandhi Public Foundation

 

Membership of professional organisations

 

Hungarian Sociological Society - member of the Presidential Board

Hungarian Academy of Science - member of the Public Body

Hungarian Association of Lawyers

Hungarian Society of Political Sciences

Hungarian Ethnographical Society

 

Awards

 

2006                Award for Minorities

2005                honoured by the National Gypsy Self-Government for excellence in research

 

Main areas of research using empirical data survey in the past years

 

  • Emergence of cultural rights of the minority communities'
  • The new paradigms of handling of ethnic data
  • Roma entrepreneurs in Hungary
  • Research on local Gypsy minority self-governments
  • The past and present of Gypsy musicians
  • The social history of the Hungarian Roma in the 20th century
  • Equal opportunities of Roma in Hungary. Self-governance, positive discrimination, and the role of education in improving the situation of the Roma - theoretical and practical models
  • The theoretical models and practice in Hungary of local Gypsy minority self-governments
  • The cultural autonomy of minorities

null Human Rights Day in the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary

To mark the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an awards ceremony was held in the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary on 16 December, 2024. During the celebration, Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma granted several commendations and the Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Award.

In his festive speech, Dr. Ákos Kozma, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary, emphasized the importance of protecting human rights, underlining that these are universal and indivisible. He highlighted that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was one of the catalysts of a process that transformed certain fundamental principles and rights into enforceable international standards. He also pointed out that the protection of fundamental rights is not merely about compliance with legal provisions but also about standing up for justice and humanity under all circumstances. Dr. Ákos Kozma emphasized that, in a world where many still struggle for their dignity amidst wars, discrimination, and restrictions on freedom, it is everyone’s duty to remind themselves and others that human rights are inherent to all. Institutions and values that protect the vulnerable and ensure no one is left alone when their rights are violated play a particularly important role. The protection of human rights shall be reflected not only in words but also in actions.


During the ceremony, Dr. Ákos Kozma awarded the Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Award to Tímea Aranyos, a care provider employed by the Children’s Home of the Veszprém County Regional Child Protection Service of the National Child Protection Service, for her outstanding work and professional dedication in the field of child protection.

The Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Award, established in 2007, is presented by the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary to recognize exceptional professional achievements, human resilience, or contributions to the protection of fundamental rights in areas such as children's rights, the rights of vulnerable social groups, minority rights, or environmental protection.

In addition to the Justitia Regnorun Fundamentum Award, Dr. Ákos Kozma gave commendations to Ferenc Sulyok, CEO of KEFAG Ltd., Rózsa Balogh, school guard of the Bács-Kiskun County Police Headquarters, Tibor Mihály Török, school guard of the Csongrád-Csanád County Police Headquarters, Zsolt Gál, school guard of the Veszprém County Police Headquarters, László Szunyog, school guard of the Nógrád County Police Headquarters, Colonel György Makula, Head of the Communications Department of the Hungarian Prison Service Headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel Anita Rideg, Deputy Head of the Communications Department of the Hungarian Prison Service Headquarters, and Gáborné Nagy and Roland Csomós, senior staff members the the Communications Department of the Hungarian Prison Service Headquarters.

Photos from the event, available on www.ajbh.hu, are the property of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights. All rights reserved.

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