Tasks and Achievements of the Hungarian Defence Forces during Special Legal Order Caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Pandemics causing infection of masses, or epidemic risks are threats to civilization, which may necessitate declaring the introduction of special legal order. Despite the fact that among the special legal orders state of danger is constituted as implying the most moderated consequences, they may have long-term effects even lasting for years. The author attempts to introduce the Hungarian Defence Forces’ tasks during a state of danger, by taking into account the lessons learned from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.