Why do we need criminal defence counsel?
2011. 06. 22.
Protest against denying certain criminal defendants access to defense counsels
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Parliament about to breach the European Convention on Human Rights and EU law
2011. 06. 15.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee warned Hungarian MPs that the bill allowing 120-hour long custody without judicial review, interrogations in the first 48 hours of detention without a defense counsel, and ...
HHC turned to the ECtHR concerning the accessibility of data on ex officio appointed defence counsels
2011. 04. 04.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights after the Supreme Court of Hungary had ruled that the names of appointed counsels and the ...
HHC wins lawsuit against Budapest Police Headquarters in a freedom of information case
2010. 06. 23.
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 ...
HHC turns to the Supreme Court in freedom of information case
2010. 04. 21.
The HHC’s project “Steps Towards a Transparent Appointment System in Criminal Legal Aid” is aimed at acquiring statistical data about the practice of appointment and promoting reform of the system ...
Investigation by Bács-Kiskun County Police Chief confirms HHC findings on the ex officio appointment system in criminal cases
2010. 03. 17.
The HHC requested data concerning the names of appointed counsels and the number of cases in which they were appointed in 2008 from 28 headquarters in seven regions, in order ...
HHC wins lawsuit against the National and Budapest Police Headquarters
2010. 01. 21.
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 ...
Conference on the system of ex officio appointed defense
2009. 04. 17.
In late 2008 and early 2009 the HHC carried out research into possible ways of assessing the quality of ex officio defense through studying actual case files. In the research, ...
Court ruled for HHC: police are obliged to provide data on ex officio appointed defence counsels
2009. 02. 19.
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 ...
