{"id":"HUN-010","notes":"TC-17 secondary: judicial operationalization of SPO narrative through constitutional validation.","country":"Hungary","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"Helsinki Committee Nov 2024 entry; ECF/Okotars 2025"}],"summary":"Hungarian Constitutional Court rejected TI-HU constitutional complaint against Sovereignty Protection Act on November 15, 2024, allowing all arbitrary SPO provisions to remain in force. TI-HU announced it would continue challenge at European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg). Judicial institutionalization of the surveillance-without-sanction mechanism completed. UPDATE (Sep 2026): Parliament abolished the Sovereignty Protection Office on 30 June 2026; TI Hungary's application to the European Court of Human Rights remains pending. See Civic Responses CR-HUN-007.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-22","role":"primary","label":"Passive Investigation Suppression","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-17","role":"secondary","label":"Narrative-to-Institutional Operationalization","needs_review":false}],"version":2,"channels":["Constitutional Court","Judicial"],"entities":[{"id":841,"name":"Hungarian Constitutional Court","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government / Judiciary"},{"id":842,"name":"Transparency International Hungary (TI-HU); civil society challenging SPO","role":"target","entity_type":"CSO"}],"date_text":"11/2024","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":4,"harm_track":"Track 3 — Operational Suppression","narratives":[{"code":"LEGACY-N-517b41c3bd56","role":"primary","label":"Sovereignty / National Interest","needs_review":true},{"code":"NF-01","role":"secondary","label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":[],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T23:55:16.917807+00:00","occurred_on":"2024-11-01","campaign_ids":["HUN-CAMP-003"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-06: Reactive to Legal Challenge","campaign_phase":"Phase 4: Institutionalization","civic_response":"Átlátszó refused to cooperate with the SPO (July 2024) and filed a personal rights lawsuit (November 2024); TI Hungary filed a constitutional complaint and, after its rejection, applied to Strasbourg; Civilizáció's 'Civil Minimum 2026' demanded repeal of the Sovereignty Protection Law. | Outcome (see Civic Responses CR-HUN-007): TI Hungary went to Strasbourg; Átlátszó refused to cooperate, sued and won at first instance (May 2026); parliament abolished the SPO on 30 June 2026.","date_precision":"month","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Operational Suppression","institutional_consequence":"SPO operations judicially validated (November 2024); ECtHR application pending; SPO abolished by parliament on 30 June 2026 (CR-HUN-007)."}