VicTory contributes to the effective and coherent implementation of legislation and practices that protect victims’ rights, provide appropriate support to victims throughout the criminal procedure and prevent secondary victimisation. Through a victim-centred approach, VicTory provides … Read more
The aim of the project is to improve the implementation of the EU Directives on procedural rights in relation to people belonging to vulnerable groups at high risk of police mistreatment in Poland and Hungary. … Read more
The aim of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s project is to improve the quality of contact in prisons. The preservation of family ties is fundamental to the reintegration of prisoners, so it is not only in … Read more
Caring to Include is a project that supports refugees, migrants, and their helpers. We create trauma-informed resources, provide training, and build a community of practice across Europe.
The project carried out from the grant awarded by the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland under the EU Enlargement and European Fundamental Values Fund (EEFV Fund) aims to promote European fundamental values, the rule … Read more
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee contributes as a project partner to the EU-funded project ‘LGBTIQ Detainees: Strengthening the rights of LGBTIQ detainees in the EU’, coordinated by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights. … Read more
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s project aims at building the watchdog skills of civil society and social movements to enhance rule-of-law observance, combat corruption, and increase access to justice. It is a capacity-building measure that aims … Read more
The project seeks to provide high-quality, free-of-charge legal assistance and representation to asylum-seekers and other persons of concern to UNHCR in Hungary, as well as to ensure through information provision and situation monitoring, evidence-based advocacy … Read more
The COMPASS Project aims to maintain the spotlight of international attention on Hungary and the attempts to further dismantle the rule of law; re-frame the social discourse in Hungary about the rule of law and … Read more
The aim of the project is to anchor the HHC as a key actor in protecting the rule of law in Hungary. The project aims to: Re-frame the social discourse in Hungary about the rule … Read more
In the framework of the project, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee enhances its resilience amid shrinking civic space in Hungary by increasing its staff’s digital security skills and their resilience. The project activities help the HHC … Read more
The YES project (Youth Engagement and Sensitisation for Refugee Integration and an Inclusive Hungarian Society), on the one hand, will help young refugees and immigrants living in Hungary to become active participants in their communities … Read more
Since September 2022, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee has been actively involved in the RED-SPINEL research project, funded by the Horizon Europe Programme of the European Commission, and coordinated by IEE-ULB. Over a period of 36 months, … Read more
We are thrilled to announce our cooperation with the European Implementation Network (EIN) in their new project focused on safeguarding freedom of expression in the Council of Europe member States. As a participant to this … Read more
This project aims at addressing some of the challenges and consequences of a demolished asylum system in Hungary through evidence-based advocacy and litigation. Since 2015, the Hungarian government has been systematically demolishing a functioning asylum … Read more
The project provides complex legal assistance and free legal representation to “everyday heroes”, citizens who are standing up for their rights and offer a positive role model to society by challenging rampant autocratic tendencies, and … Read more
As explored in The Right to Know project in 2021, evoking national security concerns have become a blanket authorisation for some EU Member States to exclude asylum seekers and refugees from protection, reject or withdraw … Read more
The CharterWise project by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union aims at bringing the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights from the attention periphery of the legal profession to the centre of … Read more
The Hertie School and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) have joined forces to launch a new project, Strategic Litigation for Rights in Europe: Building Knowledge, Skills and Connections for Legal Practitioners to Use the EU … Read more
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is a partner in the international research project DigiRights, coordinated by the Institute of Criminology of the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven). The project runs from 2022 to 2025. During … Read more