{"id":"CR-HUN-003","notes":"Researched and added Sep 24 2026.","source":"https://helsinki.hu/en/cjeu-stop-soros-law-judgment/; https://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org/story/hungarian-helsinki-committee-plays-instrumental-role-in-major-eu-court-ruling-against-stop-soros-act/","country":"Hungary","outcome":"Law ruled illegal","summary":"The Court of Justice of the EU ruled on 16 November 2021 (C-821/19) that criminalising assistance to asylum seekers under the Stop Soros package violates EU law.","date_text":"16/11/2021","responders":"Hungarian Helsinki Committee; European Commission (infringement case)","campaign_id":"HUN-CAMP-001","incident_id":"HUN-007","civic_actions":"HHC kept assisting over 1,800 asylum seekers from July 2018 under threat of criminal sanctions, and supplied legal analysis and advocacy throughout the infringement procedure; it called for repeal of Criminal Code Article 353/A."}