21 1. THE ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND HIS DEPUTIES IN 2019 they permit the actual enforcement of economic interests, reduce the level of protection of locally protected natural areas, and fundamentally change the procedural guarantees of protection. The motion underlines that by way of derogation from the NATURA 2000 concept defined in EU law, the provisions narrow down the historical and social context international environment protection of forests belonging to this network, and they restrict the possibility of enforcing nature protection requirements aimed at the protection of natural values in a way unjustifiable by the necessity– proportionality test. 1.10. THE FOCAL POINTS OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, OMBUDSMAN FOR THE RIGHTS OF NATIONAL MINORITIES IN 2019 Ombudsman for the Rights of National Minorities legislation on equal treatment Fundamental Law of Hungary legal regulations on nationality rights Roma communities have followed a different development curve than other national minorities, with an additional, distinctive dimension. As members of a national minority, Roma people are entitled to the special rights provided by cultural autonomy. However, in practice, they are able to enforce them only to a limited extent, due to the poverty, vulnerability and negative discrimination affecting the members of this community more than other groups of the society. There are five areas that pose a particularly serious challenge in their case: education, employment, housing, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay, Ombudsman for the Rights of National Minorities healthcare, and the unique situation of Roma women, leading to multiple discrimination. Consequently, in the case of the Roma, besides the enforcement of nationality rights, ensuring equal treatment and the implementation of special equal opportunity 1.10.1. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE AREA OF THE RIGHTS OF NATIONAL MINORITIES AND THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, OMBUDSMAN FOR THE RIGHTS OF NATIONAL MINORITIES programmes are key priorities even today. With a view to monitoring the efficient operation of the area of nationality rights, and to remedying potential regulatory and implementation anomalies, the existence of special monitoring mechanisms – having the appropriate means, expertise and intervention potential – is indispensable. The area of nationality rights is one of the most complex segments of the Hungarian legal system. The specificities of the national minority communities living in Hungary, their lack of geo- regulation graphical concentration in particular, have led to the prevalence of the concept of personal autonomy based on the system of nationality self-governments, and the network of the cultural and educational institutions maintained by them. The solid historical and broad social foundations of this area of law, as well as the generous funding and infrastructural environment, are coupled with a continuous and dynamic ability for renewal. It is a sensitive and strong regulatory environment at the same time, which serves as a cornerstone for the unobstructed enforcement of the rights and interests of nearly one million individuals belonging to a national minority. monitoring implementation