A délvidéki/vajdasági magyarok helyzete és jogai

Antal Bozóki holds a master's degree in international law. He was born in Torda/Torontáltorda, Banat, in 1946. He has been engaged in journalism since the 1970s. His main topics include foreign policy, (international) law, human and national minority rights, and environmental law. He is the author of several books and anthologies, numerous professional articles and writings. His works have appeared in Serbian, as well as other foreign languages. He is a member of the Vojvodina Hungarian Scientific Society and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences' Public Body for Hungarian Scholarship Abroad, and president of Árgus – Vojvodina Hungarian Minority Rights Civil Association. He lives in Novi Sad, where he worked as a private attorney until his retirement.

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It is almost unbelievable how much data and information can be not only presented to the reader, but also provided as an effective weapon, a wealth of eloquent data, to those fighting for the rights of Vojvodina Hungarians, through hard work, exemplary expertise, and dedication to the Vojvodina Hungarian community. This is what this book, another product of Antal Bozóki's equally unbelievably extensive activity, represents. Because “every Vojvodina Hungarian has the right to know the full truth,” and – we add – the excellences of the Vojvodina Hungarian intelligentsia must serve this goal.

István Bálint

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With a concise approach, Antal Bozóki, as a true, convention-breaking intellectual, criticizes the unserving and disloyal role of our political sphere, the abandonment of our advocacy, the failure to initiate substantive debates and measures regarding minority protection in Serbia, the disorganization of civil legal protection, the lack of investigation into our legal grievances, the encouragement of ethnic changes at the expense of the Hungarians in Vojvodina, the suppression of conflicting opinions, the restriction of press freedom; the exclusivity of “Cyrillic-script” inscriptions, newly introduced state symbols and holidays; the postponement of Serbian apologies, institutional minority research; the sabotage of compensation for Hungarians in Vojvodina, the underdevelopment of their legal protection; the superficial nature and powerlessness of the Hungarian National Council.

István Tari