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 The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights Delivered a Lecture on Current Challenges in the Child Protection System and the Promotion of Legal Awareness

 

On 24 April 2025, Dr. Ákos Kozma, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary, delivered a keynote address at the child protection conference organized by the Government Office of Csongrád-Csanád County.

Following the opening remarks by Dr. Tamás Sulyok, President of the Republic of Hungary, Dr. Ákos Kozma addressed the current challenges facing the child protection system, its relevance from the perspective of fundamental rights, and key areas of professional focus aimed at safeguarding the rights of children.


 

In his speech, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary highlighted the constitutional guarantees that underpin the protection of children and presented a number of initiatives launched under his mandate. These initiatives are designed to enhance legal awareness among children, particularly those in vulnerable situations, and to improve their living conditions. Dr. Ákos Kozma also spoke about the Residential Home Renovation Programme, launched in 2021 at the initiative of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary, and the Mobile Educational Point initiative introduced in 2024.


 

The Commissioner welcomed the opportunity for dialogue provided by the conference and emphasized its value as a platform for building professional bridges among experts working in the field of child protection.

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