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Prison guard ill-treating detainee deemed guilty – the detainee was represented by the HHC
A prison guard ill-treating a detainee in July 2010 in the Budapest High and Medium Scurity Prison was found guilty by the Regional Court of Budapest on 30 March 2011. The decision is final. The … Read more
Open letter to MPs to vote NO on Bela Pokol’s nomination for Constitutional Court justice
The HHC calls on the members of the Hungarian Parliament to not support the election of Béla Pokol as a new member of the Constitutional Court. Mr. Pokol has expressed his views about the separation of power and checks and balances numerous times. In a recent article, for example, Mr. Pokol claimed that “if in a given community a national or ethnic minority’s behavior leads to a higher crime rate then the principle of equal treatment might be discarded.”
Why do we need criminal defence counsel?
Protest against denying certain criminal defendants access to defense counsels
The civil-police consultation organized by the HHC in the VIth district of Budapest was successful
The civil-police consultation between the Budapest VIth District Police and the local organizations representing the Terézváros inhabitants was held in May by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee. The civil participants experienced that there is a real possibility to … Read more
Activities relating to statelessness
Since 2006, the HHC has taken the lead on promoting the rights of stateless persons among non-governmental organisations at a European level.
Parliament about to breach the European Convention on Human Rights and EU law
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 the withholding of information regarding the reasons for the arrest are measures contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights and new EU directives to be adopted in the near future.
Letter to Minister of Interior regarding the Ministry’s statement on ECtHR case Csüllög v. Hungary
International Asylum Law Moot Court Competition
The Moot Court is based on a fictional case and is entirely conducted in English language.
Country Information (COI) Network
Country information (COI) constitutes the main, and often the only available factual evidence in refugee status determination.
Strasbourg court finds placement in special security regime in prison is inhuman and degrading
The European Court of Human Rights found that Hungary has breached the ban on inhuman and degrading treatment in the case of Csüllög v Hungary. The applicant was represented by the Helsinki Committee’s lawyer. The case concerned the placement of a prison inmate in a special security regime in the Satoraljaujhely prison for two years. The applicant had no opportunities to challenge his placement in the regime. It follows from the Court’s judgment that Hungary has to improve detention conditions and revise rules on legal remedies available to inmates.
HHC helps to stop deportation of Senegalese father of two Hungarian children
Bouba can stay together with his two daughters and wife.
HHC ready to provide legal aid in partnership with the Independent Police Trade Union
Reducing, curtailing or altering special pension schemes with a retroactive effect would violate the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights protecting the right to property. The HHC, in partnership with the Independent Police Trade Union, is ready to provide legal assistance to police officers if Parliament decides to retroactively revoke police officers’ right to an early pension.
HHC ready to provide legal aid in partnership with the Independent Police Trade Union
Reducing, curtailing or altering special pension schemes with a retroactive effect would violate the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights protecting the right to property. The HHC, in partnership with the Independent Police Trade … Read more
Retroactive curtailment of special pension schemes violates the ECHR
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee warns the Hungarian Parliament that reducing, curtailing or altering special pension schemes with a retroactive effect would violate the provision of the European Convention on Human Rights on the right to property.
THe HHC turns to the European Court of Human Rights over private pension funds
Those Hungarians who decided not to return fully to the state’s pension scheme from their private pension funds lost their right to the portion of the state pension they would have received based on future contributions.
The HHC turns to the European Court of Human Rights over private pension funds
Those Hungarians who decided not to return fully to the state’s pension scheme from their private pension funds lost their right to the portion of the state pension they would have received based on future contributions.
HHC project on consultative forums between civilians and local police wins Austrian Sozialmarie prize
Projects could be submitted to the Sozialmarie which attempt to deal with a social problem from a new point of view applying creative, original methods. The program of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee in which we organized local “civil-police consultations” won a 1000 euro prize.
NGOs inform the press on Hungary’s human rights performance in advance of UPR review
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a new and unique human rights mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council aiming at improving the human rights situation in each of the 192 UN Member States. Hungary’s human rights performance will be reviewed on 11 May 2011.
HHC criticizes state inactivity
During a demonstration organized on 4 May 2011, human rights organizations called on the Hungarian government to take immediate steps to stamp out racist aggression.