Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland says the delay will give the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission, which provides expert advice to governments, time to examine the proposed changes.
Péro Vojnity belonged to the religious denomination Hit Gyülekezete (Congregation of the Faith) and brought the case in protest at the total removal of access rights to his son on the grounds that his religious convictions had been detrimental to the child’s upbringing.
The case concerned changes to the Hungarian pension system in 2010 via new laws and the allegation that the new legislation effectively amounted to confiscating private pension contributions for the benefit of the State.
A seminar on the European Social Charter takes place in Hungary today with the aim of ensuring a wider application of the charter.
The Court underlined that there was a long history of wrongful placement of Roma children in special schools in Hungary.
