NGOs oppose the immigration detention of children
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the Hungarian Red Cross and Menedék – the Hungarian Association for Migrants epxress their deepest concerns regarding the immigration detention of children.
Category: Our reports and analyses
NGO Shadow Report for the UN Human Rights Committee
The HHC has prepared a shadow report for the 100th session of the UN Human Rights Committee on the human rights situation in Hungary.
HHC opinion on draft bill to amend migration laws
NGO assessment of the first wave of legislation by Hungary’s new Parliament
The Eötvös Károly Institute, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union and Transparency International Hungary jointly evaluated the first three months of the newly formed Parliament.
CPT report on Hungary
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published today the report on its fourth periodic visit to Hungary in March/April 2009, together with … Read more
End of the Dubliners project – final conference in Rome
The results of the Dubliners project (link to the project) were presented at the final conference in Rome. Officials from Sweden, Hungary and Italy, and representatives of partner NGOs highlighted the difficulties in the application of the Dublin regulation.
Series of articles on statelessness
A series of articles on the phenomenon of statelessness (written by Noémi Ivicsics, intern at the Hungarian Helsinki Committee) has been published on the Hungarian world news and foreign policy website, Kitekintő.
University course textbook on anti-discrimination law
In December 2008, the HHC set up anti-discrimination law clinics at two Hungarian law schools (ELTE University of Budapest and the University of Miskolc) to sensitize law students to this special legal field and provide them with … Read more
HHC position on wearing the uniform of the dissolved Hungarian Guard
The HHC and the Legal Defense Bureau for National and Ethnic Minorities issued a statement and a detailed legal analysis as to what kind of consequences it has according to the current legal provisions if … Read more
Asylum Seekers’ Access to Territory and to the Asylum Procedure in the Republic of Hungary – Report on the Border Monitoring Program’s First Year (2009)
Publisher: Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2008
ISBN: 978-963-87757-7-1Report on Measures to Combat Discrimination Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC
The Report on Measures to Combat Discrimination Country Report 2007 was drafted for the European Network of Legal Experts in the non-discrimination field, managed by Human European Consultancy and the Migration Policy Group, supported for under the European … Read more
Human rights NGOs file report for incitement to hatred
On 23 June 2009, the HHC, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, the Chance for Children Foundation and the Legal Defense Bureau for National and Ethnic Minorities filed a criminal report against T. P., a well-known … Read more
Conference on the system of ex officio appointed defense
In late 2008 and early 2009 the HHC carried out research into possible ways of assessing the quality of ex officio defense through studying actual case files. In the research, 150 already closed criminal cases … Read more
A 5-step agenda for better protecting stateless persons in Europe
After five decades of neglect, Europe is urged to respect its international obligations and provide stateless persons with a meaningful protection status.
Control(led) Group – Final Report on the Strategies for effective Police stop and Search (STEPSS) Project
Authors: András Kádár, Júlia Körner, Zsófia Moldova, Balázs Tóth
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2008
ISBN: 978-963-88228-1-9Access to Protection at Airports in Europe (2008)
Report on the monitoring experience at airports in Amsterdam, Budapest, Madrid, Prague, Vienna and Warsaw
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2008
ISBN: 978 963 86959 9 4A Matter of Trust – Research on Complaints Filed Against Police Measures in 2005
Author: Ildikó Ritter
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2008
ISBN: 978-963-87757-2-6Submissions to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
Comments of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee: The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s comments to the Third Report on Hungary by ECRI (26 March 2008) The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s comments regarding the developments following the Second Report on Hungary by ECRI … Read more
Country Information in Asylum Procedures – Quality as a Legal Requirement in the EU (2007)
Author: Gábor Gyulai
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2007
ISBN: 978-963-87757-0-2Without Defense – Recommendations for the Reform of the Hungarian Ex Officio Appointment System in Criminal Matters
Authors: András Kádár, Balázs Tóth, István Vavró
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2007
ISBN: 978 963 86959 6 3