Prof Marcel Szabo

Marcel Szabó is Full Professor and Head of the Department of European Law at Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest). Besides his academic career, between 2011-2012 Professor 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. Professor Szabó was elected as justice at the Constitutional Court of Hungary in 2016, 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, and public international law and EU law in the case law of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. Professor Szabó is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law.