Category: Our reports and analyses

UNHCR report on EU state practices of credibility assessment in asylum claims (publication realised in the framework of the CREDO project)

Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures – a Multidisciplinary Training Manual
(A publication of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee as part of the CREDO project)

A comparative report came out analyzing the practice of 11 Member States in applying the Dublin Regulation.

As part of the CREDO project, the International Association of Refugee Law Judges published a pioneering guidance document designed for judges and all other relevant decision-makers active in the field of asylum.

As of 1st January 2013 the latest modiciations of the Hungarian Asylum Act entered into force.

The Supreme Court of Hungary (Kúria) issued an official opinion on 10 December 2012 in order to promote a
harmonised practice at Hungarian courts regarding the application of the safe third country concept in asylum
cases.

A new study is available and can be downloaded.

HHC is taking part in the set-up of a Europe-wide, comprehensive database.

Report on the main shortcomings in national asylum systems regarding unaccompanied minors and on recommendations towards member states to better respect separated children’s right to asylum.

Bringing national and EU policies and practices in line with the obligations set out by the European instruments on human rights.

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 2011.

In our latest report, we analysed the functioning of the Serbian asylum system again, with special focus on the application of the “safe third country” concept in Hungary and the possible consequences of returning rejected asylum seekers to Serbia.

GENSEN is a project that primarily strives to enhance gender equality and provide additional safeguards for vulnerable asylum-seekers in asylum procedures conducted by European states.

The project aims to assess the legal situation of separated children seeking asylum in the EU.

The aim of this project to extend the knowledge of human rights regulations relating to return.

Mapping the national impact of the four initial asylum-related judgments of the EU Court of Justice.

The Refugee Law Reader is a comprehensive on-line model curriculum for the study of the complex and rapidly evolving field of international refugee law.

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee has updated and expanded its 2009 publication “Human rights and expulsion”.

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee together with UNHCR, Cordelia Foundation and the Police have published a training material for the Police Academy summarizing the human rights of migrants and asylum seekers under the return procedure.

We are pleased to announce today the launch of three updated and expanded editions of The Refugee Law Reader: the Sixth Edition in English, the Second Edition in French, and the First Edition in Russian.