Access to justice

Dismissal without justification violates the Convention

2012. 11. 29.

In 2010, the Hungarian Parliament adopted an Act allowing the dismissal of certain civil servants without justification. Related provisions left civil servants without effective domestic remedy, because in absence of ...

Testing a corruption-free model of appointing defense counsels

2012. 07. 09.

András Kristóf Kádár, Nóra Novoszádek, Adrienn Selei - Magyar Helsinki Bizottság, Budapest, 2012 - ISBN: 978 615 5215 06 3

Without Defense – Recommendations for the Reform of the Hungarian Ex Officio Appointment System in Criminal Matters (2007)

2011. 07. 03.

  The HHC accomplished in June 2007 its Model Legal Aid Board Project aimed at testing a possible model for the reform of the Hungarian criminal legal aid system through ...

Model Legal Aid Board Program (2005-2007)

2011. 07. 03.

Analysing the system of ex officio appointed defense counsels

Comments on Bills concerning access to justice

2011. 07. 02.

  Available only in Hungarian.  

The Right to Effective Defense and the Reform of the Ex Officio Appointment System (2007-2009)

2011. 07. 02.

The lack of an efficient criminal legal aid system is especially detrimental to indigent pre-trial detainees and defendants in general. Fair and effective access to criminal justice to those who ...

Effective Defense Rights in the EU and Access to Justice: Investigating and Promoting Best Practices (2008-2009)

2011. 07. 01.

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee takes part in a comparative research project ‘Effective Defence Rights in the European Union and Access to Justice: Investigating and Promoting Best Practices’ project. The project ...

Steps Towards a Transparent Appointment System in Criminal Legal Aid (2009-2011)

2011. 06. 30.

In June 2008 the HHC sent a public interest information request to all Budapest-based police stations to find out in how many cases the police had appointed ex officio defense ...

Human Rights Legal Counselling Program

2011. 06. 29.

The provision of free legal counselling to victims of human rights violations is one of the core permanent activities of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.

Why do we need criminal defence counsel?

2011. 06. 22.

Protest against denying certain criminal defendants access to defense counsels