nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200312-123245-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200312s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200312-123245-0 doi eng 342 23 Győry, Csaba Author aut Fighting Prison Overcrowding with Penal Populism – First Victim: the Rule of Law New Hungarian Law “Suspends” the Execution of Final Court Rulings Győry, Csaba Verfassungsblog 2020-03-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On March 7th, a new Hungarian law came into force, allegedly intended to stop the “abuse” of compensation claims due to inhuman conditions in prison (“abuse law”). Even if this turns out to be yet another populist gimmick, the new legislation has important ramifications for the rule of law in Hungary because it sends the message to the citizens and the courts that the finality of judgements and court rulings are relative. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Human Rights Inhuman Treatment penal populism Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/fighting-prison-overcrowding-with-penal-populism-first-victim-the-rule-of-law/ raw object