The Hungarian state violated A.P.’s human rights when it unlawfully detained him for more than a year and even starved him in the Röszke transit zone, ruled the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) today. … Read more
Hungarian police forced a family of six asylum seekers into Serbia unlawfully. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Hungarian state had violated the prohibition of collective expulsion. The Hungarian Helsinki Committee represented … Read more
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled against Hungary in another transit zone case. The asylum-seeking mother and her four children were unlawfully detained under inhuman conditions for 17 months. The Hungarian Helsinki … Read more
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is organising a webinar from 9 AM to 3 PM on 17 October 2024 on ‘Access to Classified Data in National Security Related Immigration Cases’ together with the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR).
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee coordinated a coalition of three civil society organisations (CSOs) working in Hungary to contribute to General Comment 27 of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC), which focuses on children’s rights to access to justice and effective remedies. In its draft General Comment, the CRC aims to clarify the terms, approaches and actions that States should take to implement the right of all children to access to justice and effective remedies when their rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child fail to be respected.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Hertie School are holding a closing webinar for the STARLIGHT programme on Thursday, 12 September 2024 at 10:00-11:30 CET on Zoom. Registration is now open!
The two-year novel capacity-building programme by the Hertie School Executive Education and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, concludes in Berlin.
Hungary has been failing to implement judgments of the European Court of Human Rights that established rights violations with regard to applicants sentenced to whole life imprisonment and life imprisonment with the possibility of a parole. In its recent submission, the HHC demonstrates once again how the Hungarian authorities had not only failed to carry out the necessary legal changes, but that individual measures that would be required to bring the violations to an end with regard to the applicants are prevented as well.
In February 2024, the Civilisation coalition conducted a survey among its partner organisations to understand the threats posed by the recently enacted Sovereignty Protection Act for civil society organisations in Hungary and to assess how … Read more
A client of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee has won a case against the Hungarian state in the Strasbourg Court. The young Iranian woman, who was separated from her family, was essentially held in solitary confinement in the Tompa transit zone. She has now been awarded €3500 in just reparation by the European Court of Human Rights.
The clients of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee have won a case against the state before the European Court of Human Rights. The asylum-seeking mother and her 5-year-old and 5-month-old children were denied food in the transit zone for 37 days. Their lives and health were saved by the support of their fellow migrants and charities.
A client of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee has won a case against the Hungarian state before the European Court of Human Rights. A young Iraqi man separated from his family was denied food in a transit zone for eight days. After 10 months, he was released from the container-prison only because the government – following a court ruling – dismantled them.
In June 2024, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee provided input to the call of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers for the forthcoming report on the undue influence of economic actors … Read more
The HHC organised an event for refugee and Hungarian youth, who are engaged and interested in human rights activities. This 1-day event created a space for self-expression through art therapy with a refugee and a Hungarian artist, learning through human rights quizzes and bonding through games.
Applications are now open for RARE (Recharging Advocacy for Rights in Europe) 2024-2026. Apply by 28 July 2024 to join RARE and take action together for civic space and the rule of law in the EU.
The 2024 Hungarian Citizen Election Report is a joint initiative of the most prominent Hungarian election-related organisations: 20k, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU), Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Mérték Media Monitor, Political Capital, and Unhack Democracy. It aims to provide a credible picture of the European Parliament and local government election process through the eyes and experience of Hungarians, based on the analyses of experts with decades of experience and the personal observations of nearly a thousand poll workers who followed the voting process this year.
Ahead of the June 2024 General Affairs Council, a group of Hungarian civil society organisations call on Member States of the European Union to finally take action in the Article 7 procedure against Hungary that … Read more
Today the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that Hungary is to pay a lump sum of 200 million euros for failure to implement an earlier judgement of the Court. The Government is also to pay a penalty payment of 1 million euros per day for each day it fails to put an end to the often violent pushback of migrants.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) is assessing the idea of establishing a specific online advice forum for European legal practitioners focusing on the application of fundamental rights in migration-related cases.
Earlier this month, the European Commission decided to drop Article 7 proceedings against Poland. The decision shows the EU’s primary rule of law tool is still alive, but that problems with its design persist – both in Hungary and Poland. To defend democratic security in the next institution cycle, steps need to be taken to make Article 7 more effective. Article by Márta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, originally published on Visegrad Insight.