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Category: Our reports and analyses
Hungary’s Government Has Taken Control of the Constitutional Court
The Hungarian government has filled the Constitutional Court with loyal judges to create a judicial rubber stamp for government interests, according to a study by the Eötvös Károly Institute, the HHC and the HCLU of recent Constitutional Court decisions.
Information note: Government plans to breach EU asylum law
Information note on Hungarian government plans to breach EU asylum law and to subject asylum-seekers to massive detention and immediate deportation
Submissions to the Committee of Ministers about overcrowding in prisons
The HHC submitted a communication to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe with regard to the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights related to the overcrowding in Hungarian penitentiaries.
HHC multidisciplinary manual on credibility assessment – second volume
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) has launched the second volume of the multidisciplinary training manual “Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures”.
Summary Conclusions of the Expert Roundtable on Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures
The aim of the meeting was to explore in more depth a number of aspects and issues related to credibility assessment that were identified through the CREDO projects as requiring further examination, both from a doctrinal/legal point of view and in terms of their application in practice.
The Heart of the Matter – Assessing Credibility when Children Apply for Asylum in the European Union
UNHCR publication on EU state practices of credibility assessment in children´s asylum claims
“Disrupted Flight – The Realities of Separated Refugee Families in the EU
New report on the implementation of the right to family reunification for people in need of international protection in the European Union.
Disrespect for European Values in Hungary, 2010-2014
An assessment of the current deficiencies of the rule of law, democracy, pluralism and respect for human rights in Hungary.
Building Credibility – supporting EU-wide access to know how on objective credibility assessment
The overall goal of the “Building Credibility” project is to provide access for all stakeholders in the EU asylum sector to know-how on structured, objective and protection-oriented credibility assessment.
Information on Family Reunification of Refugees
This short handbook aims at providing refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection with necessary information in 5 languages.
New study on internal protection alternative
The new ECRE research – in partnership with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee – highlights the need for more reasoned assessments of Internal Protection Alternative and Actors of Protection.
Blog on Mohammadi v. Austria – the issue of asylum detention in Hungary
Blog on ECHR judgment Mohammadi v. Austria addression the issue of asylum detention in Hungary
Factsheets on the situation in Hungary
NGO factsheets on the rule of law developments in Hungary, September 2014
Governmental attacks against Hungarian NGOs discussed at OSCE human rights meeting
Hungarian NGOs and international organisations voiced concerns about the Hungarian government’s fierce crackdown on NGOs at the international human rights event of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Warsaw.
Report on border monitoring activities in 2013
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the National Police Headquarters and the UNHCR Regional Representation in Central Europe present their annual report on border monitoring activities carried out in 2013.
HHC briefing for Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner, June 2014
Summary of HHC main human rights concerns
The Practice of Pre-Trial Detention: Monitoring Alternatives and Judicial Decision-Making
As an implementing partner organization of Fair Trials International the HHC is launching its new project to provide a unique evidence-base about the practice of pre-trial detention.
Unconstitutional and illegitimate changes in the system of municipal representation
The modification of the municipal representation of the Hungarian capital, enacted on 10 June 2014, violates the basic principles of constitutionality and flies in the face of international norms and good practices on electoral rights.
Access to Protection: a human right
The HHC within the framework of the project ‘Access to Protection’ coordinated by the Italian Council of Refugees (CIR) has published its national report.