Since September 2022, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee has been 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
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s project contributes to building the watchdog skills of civil society and social movements to enhance rule-of-law observance, combat corruption, and increase access to justice in Hungary. It is a capacity building … Read more
This project will improve the integration outcomes and well-being of refugees in Hungary through two workstreams: We will help refugee families to reunite in Hungary. The HHC is the only organisation in Hungary that provides … Read more
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is taking part in an international comparative study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the regulation and application of penalties and measures as alternatives to imprisonment in Hungary. In … Read more
As part of the Protecting Rights at Borders initiative funded by the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM), the first quarterly report on unlawful push-backs carried out by authorities in Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, … Read more
Since February 2021, the HHC is participating in the European Commission-funded, ICJ-EI-led, CADRE project. This two-year project seeks to promote the expansion, implementation and improvement of viable and effective alternatives to detention for migrant children … Read more
Inspired by the success of the Refugee Law Reader, the RELATE (Refugee Law Teaching Support) Initiative continues to promote the teaching of refugee law and international protection studies globally. The initiative builds on the HHC’s … Read more
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee in partnership with the University of Coimbra is taking part in the EU-funded, Penal Reform International-led project for promoting non-discriminatory alternatives to imprisonment across Europe (PRI ALT EUR – Promoting non-discriminatory … Read more
This one year project aims to make sure that no asylum-seekers, refugees or resident third-country nationals are excluded from protection, expelled from the EU or held in unlawful immigration detention with the abusive and arbitrary … Read more
The HHC is collaborating with Fair Trials, the coordinator for COVID-19 Criminal Justice Campaign project. It is an international consortium of human rights NGOs researching extraordinary law enforcement powers and increasingly restrictive policing and criminal … Read more
The aim of the project is to strengthen the various rule of law mechanisms of the European Union, the strengthening of civil society organisations’ participation in these. The project is coordinated by the Helsinki Foundation … Read more
The new edition of the “Guide on how to establish a refugee law clinic” is now ready! The guide has been updated with the collaboration of experts from Eastern Europe and Latin America. It aims to … Read more
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee conducted a research project together with lawyers of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union on the application of the new assembly law of Hungary, adopted in 2018. The objective of the research … Read more