Category: Our reports and analyses

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

The right to a nationality at birth (or soon after) is still painfully often seen as a reserved domain of state sovereignty and discretion, an approach which is incorrect in light of relevant international obligations. … Read more

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

Promoting access to case materials of defendants and their defense counsels in criminal proceedings has been a long-standing priority of the HHC, and is related to activities involving a series of successful applications submitted to … Read more

In its March 2015 pilot judgment issued in the Varga and Others v. Hungary case (in which three of the applicants were represented by the HHC), the European Court of Human Rights concluded that the overcrowding of penitentiaries in Hungary constitutes a structural problem, and Hungary should produce a plan to reduce overcrowding.

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s information update provides an overview of the interim measures granted by the European Court of Human Rights or the United Nations Human Rights Committee in applications against Hungary between January and … Read more

New study on vulnerable asylum-seekers in Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Fifty days after the latest legal changes entered into force on 28 March 2017, it transpires that the Hungarian asylum system has been reduced to the bare minimum through legislative and administrative measures. The HHC’s … Read more

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s unique report is the first that solely focuses on the situation of asylum seeking children in Hungary. From the moment of lodging an asylum application to the final stages of the … Read more

This short guide offers a framework to enable various professionals working in the context of asylum and refugee assistance to better respond to the unique needs of asylum seekers who are suffering from trauma or … Read more

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

Since the elections in 2010, the current governing party has systematically undermined the rule of law in Hungary, seriously disrupting the system of checks and balances. On 7 April 2017, governing party MPs submitted to … Read more

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

On 11 April 2017 Hungary deported a seriously traumatised Afghan asylum-seeker to Bulgaria, where had been previously ill-treated by the authorities, despite the UN Human Rights Committee requesting Hungary not to do so. The HHC’s … Read more

The law XX of 2007 on the amendment of certain acts to tighten the procedures conducted on the border entered into force today, on 28 March 2017. The law has been heavily criticised by human … Read more

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

The Hungarian government continued its harsh anti-refugee policies in 2016. The legislative and policy changes implemented during 2016 were all in line with the Hungarian government’s aims and intentions to dismantle the country’s asylum system … Read more

The unofficial translation of the Bill “on the amendment of certain acts related to strengthening the procedure conducted in the guarded border area”, adopted on 7 March 2017 is available online here. Please note that … Read more

A draft bill proposed by the Hungarian government would allow the authorities to automatically detain asylum seekers in transit zones and to summarily return asylum seekers to the Serbian border from anywhere in Hungary, Human … Read more