Editing Politics of Hungary (section)

==Judicial branches==

[[File:Constitutional Court of Hungary.JPG|thumb|[[Constitutional Court of Hungary]].]]
A fifteen-member [[Constitutional Court of Hungary|Constitutional Court]] has power to challenge legislation on grounds of [[unconstitutionality]]. This body was last filled in July 2010. Members are elected for a term of twelve years. Critics of the ruling coalition contend that since the [[Government of Hungary|Hungarian government]] filled the Constitutional Court with loyal judges, the institution mostly serves to legitimize government interests and has lost its original purpose as democratic defender of the [[rule of law]] and of [[human rights]] - as several reports of independent human rights NGOs, such as the [[Hungarian Helsinki Committee]] emphasize.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://helsinki.hu/en/hungarys-government-has-taken-control-of-the-constitutional-court/ | title=Hungary's Government Has Taken Control of the Constitutional Court | date=25 March 2015 }}</ref>

The president of the [[Curia of Hungary|Supreme Court of Hungary]] ([[Curia of Hungary|Curia]]) and the Hungarian civil and penal legal system he leads is fully independent of the Executive Branch.

The [[attorney general]] or chief [[prosecutor]] of Hungary is currently fully independent of the executive branch, but his status is actively debated.

Several [[ombudsman]] offices exist in Hungary to protect civil, minority, educational and ecological rights in non-judicial matters. They have held the authority to issue legally binding decisions since late 2003.