Prof. Hon. Justice Marcel Szabó
Governor
Prof Hon Justice Marcel Szabó is Judge of the Constitutional Court of Hungary, full professor and Head of the Department of European Law at Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest). Besides his academic career, between 2011-2012 Prof Szabó represented the Hungarian Government in front of the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and between 2012-2016 he was the Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and Ombudsman for Future Generations in Hungary. Prof Szabó was elected as Justice at the Constitutional Court of Hungary in 2016, and served for twelve years. He is Founder and Honorary Chair of the Network of Institutions of Future Generations. His main areas of research are international environmental law, rights of future generations, responsibility of states in public international law, rights of future generations, responsibility of states in public international law, and public international law and EU law in the case law of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. Prof Szabó is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law.