A petition with nearly 8,000 signatures is calling for a halt to ongoing property confiscations based on the post-World War II Beneš Decrees and compensation for damages incurred in the 1940s. The petition was launched by lawyer János Fiala-Butora, politician Örs Orosz, and activist Attila Stubendek in response to a recent amendment to the Criminal Code. This amendment criminalizes questioning the validity of the Beneš Decrees, which were used to justify the expropriation of property from ethnic Germans, Hungarians, and collaborators after the war. The petition argues that the potential for challenging property rights even decades later – in this case, 80 years – undermines legal certainty. It has been addressed to the President, Parliament, and the Slovak government. Fiala-Butora contends the new law and continued confiscations threaten the foundations of the rule of law. The petitioners seek a re-evaluation of these historical injustices.