The first hearing on the Hungarian Child Protection Act takes place on Tuesday at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.
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00:00Hungary's controversial Child Protection Law, widely criticised as being anti-LGBT, is appearing
00:08before the EU's Court of Justice.
00:11The law proclaims zero tolerance for convicted paedophiles, however it also heavily restricts
00:17depictions of homosexuality and gender reassignment in media content and educational material
00:23addressed to audiences under age 18.
00:27The legislation therefore came under fire for conflating paedophilia with homosexuality,
00:32as the text's stated purpose is to strengthen the protection of children against sex offenders.
00:39A political backlash was triggered with countries signing joint letters and Prime Ministers
00:44openly voicing their discontent with Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban.
00:49The European Commission referred Hungary to the EU's Court of Justice, claiming that the
00:54Hungarian law violates fundamental rights enshrined within the bloc's law.