Controversial Hungarian law criticised as anti-LGBT to appear before EU Court of Justice

The first hearing on the Hungarian Child Protection Act takes place on Tuesday at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.

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00:00Hungary's controversial Child Protection Law, widely criticised as being anti-LGBT, is appearing

00:08before the EU's Court of Justice.

00:11The law proclaims zero tolerance for convicted paedophiles, however it also heavily restricts

00:17depictions of homosexuality and gender reassignment in media content and educational material

00:23addressed to audiences under age 18.

00:27The legislation therefore came under fire for conflating paedophilia with homosexuality,

00:32as the text's stated purpose is to strengthen the protection of children against sex offenders.

00:39A political backlash was triggered with countries signing joint letters and Prime Ministers

00:44openly voicing their discontent with Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban.

00:49The European Commission referred Hungary to the EU's Court of Justice, claiming that the

00:54Hungarian law violates fundamental rights enshrined within the bloc's law.