government: parliamentary republic

state of civil and political rights: Partly free

constitution: 1 January 2012; amended several times, last in 2018

legal system: civil legal system influenced by the German model; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

legislative system: Unicameral National Assembly (Orszaggyules)

judicial system: Curia or Supreme Judicial Court (consists of the president, vice president, department heads, and has a maximum of 113 judges, and is organized into civil, criminal, and administrative-labor departments; Constitutional Court (consists of 15 judges, including the court president and vice president); 5 regional courts of appeal; 19 regional or county courts (including Budapest Metropolitan Court); 20 administrative-labor courts; 111 district or local courts

religion: Roman Catholic 37.2%, Calvinist 11.6%, Lutheran 2.2%, Greek Catholic 1.8%, other 1.9%, none 18.2%, no response 27.2% (2011 est.)

death row:

year of last executions: 0-0-0

death sentences: 0

executions: 0