Helsinki File: Prison conditions

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) has submitted input to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture for his thematic report on practical measures to reduce and prevent prison overcrowding. The submission examines the main drivers of … Read more

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) has submitted a new communication to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe concerning the execution of the European Court of Human Rights’ pilot judgment in Varga and Others v. Hungary and the related István Gábor Kovács v. Hungary case group. This group of cases concerns inhuman and/or degrading treatment arising from poor conditions of detention, primarily resulting from structural prison overcrowding, the lack of effective preventive and compensatory remedies, and other detention-related violations.

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC), together with the Support Network for Detainees and Their Families (FECSKE), has contributed to the call for input by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or … Read more

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is working to advance juvenile justice and detention conditions through an international partnership. The organization participates as a partner in the project EPO4YOUTH led by Antigone (Italy), established under the Erasmus+ … Read more