The Hungarian Supreme Court has annulled the police's decision to prohibit a planned march advocating for the rights of sexual minorities, thereby granting a significant victory to human rights organizations.

The court ruled that the police had failed to legally justify their ban on the pride parade organized by four advocacy groups: Amnesty International Hungary, the Háttér Society, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union.

Following the court's ruling, organizers announced their relief in a statement, emphasizing that the police acted unlawfully in preventing the event aimed at promoting equality for sexual minorities.

This ruling marks the second major legal victory for the organizers of the event.

Originally set for June 1, the march was first prohibited by the police.

After the Supreme Court's previous annulment of a similar ban, the police had accepted the gathering in support of sexual and gender minorities.

Due to delays in the legal process, however, the organizers postponed the event to June 28, coinciding with the planned date of the Budapest Pride.

The police subsequently treated this change as a new announcement and prohibited the event again.

The Supreme Court’s recent decision declared that the police did not adequately demonstrate that the planned march was in violation of the gathering law, particularly concerning provisions relating to homophobic and transphobic propaganda.

The court noted that evidence, such as photographs and videos from prior Pride events, lacked probative value because they pertained to different gatherings, and the police's assumption that the march could potentially evolve into this year's Pride event was not based on substantial evidence.

The court also indicated that a 2025 amendment to the gathering law, which restricts the representation of homosexuality and gender diversity, must be interpreted restrictively, meaning that bans should only be permissible in exceptional, well-justified cases.

Since the amendment came into effect, the police have yet to provide acceptable legal reasoning for barring peaceful protests advocating for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex individuals, as outlined by the organizers in their statement.

They further noted that the ongoing legal proceedings do not affect the planning of Budapest Pride, which remains entirely separate.

On June 1, five human rights organizations—Amnesty International Hungary, the Háttér Society, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the Rainbow Mission Foundation (the organizer of Budapest Pride), and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union—had planned a peaceful demonstration along Andrássy Avenue.

The aim was to raise awareness of the importance of combating transphobia and homophobia and to advocate for the legal equality of LGBTQI individuals, consistent with the principles that have guided the Budapest Pride for nearly three decades.