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#Ukraine Destitution and homelessness: the situation of vulnerable Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection

December 15, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
“I’m tired” – interview with Ms. Gáborné Nagy, the “embodied national security risk”

The story of Gáborné Nagy and her escape to Hungary from the Russian secret services was presented in detail in an article published by Eszter Neuberger in February 2021 on 444.hu. Now we talked to the client of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee about how her life and that of her family was affected by the fact that after 20 years the Hungarian authorities see her stay in the country as a risk to national security.
December 10, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
The Government’s attempt at sabotage has failed, and the CJEU decision must be implemented

Following the Polish model, the Government wanted to use the Constitutional Court as a means of evading a Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judgment that it did not like. However, in its … Read more
December 8, 2021
- Rule of law
Joint letter on the state of play of Article 7 procedures

Civil society organisations sent a letter ahead of the General Affairs Council on 14 December when EU affairs ministers will hear from the European Commission on the latest developments and take stock of the situation regarding respect for EU values in Hungary and Poland as part of the Article 7 procedure.
December 7, 2021
- Rule of law
Webinar: Encouraging Civil Society Input for the 2022 Rule of Law Report

Wednesday, 16 December 2021,16:00-18:00 (CET) – online In December 2021, the European Commission launched a public consultation for the 2022 edition of the Rule of Law Report. The Report monitors significant developments, both positive and … Read more

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December 2, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
Empowering refugees and migrants to shape public affairs

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is working to support the social inclusion of refugees and migrants through their participation in a ten-session course.
November 30, 2021
- Rule of law
The Hungarian Kúria is not entitled to rule on EU Court submissions

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has delivered a major judgment on judicial independence. According to the CJEU, despite the fact that domestic law permits it, and that such a judgment has already been issued, only one forum can legally decide whether a Hungarian judge’s request for a preliminary ruling to the CJEU is inadmissible – and that is the CJEU itself. The Luxembourg-based Court also ruled that it was against EU law to discipline a national judge under domestic law because he had turned to the CJEU.
November 23, 2021

JUVE Awards of Germany: the Hungarian Helsinki Committee was selected as one of the charitable projects

Defending the rule of law has been an important part of our work since 2010. Since the election of the current prime minister, the principle of the rule of law is increasingly undermined. Hungary faced successive restrictions on human rights and only a strong civil society can fight these developments – said Márta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee on stage while receiving a cheque with the donations at the JUVE Awards gala in Frankfurt. At the annual event of German law firms 116,050 euros were donated to the human rights organization.
November 16, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
EU Court: criminalising helping asylum-seekers breaches EU law

Today the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that the 2018 ‘Stop Soros’ law breaches EU law, after the European Commission took Hungary to court. The CJEU made it clear: threatening people … Read more
November 15, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
Appearances are deceiving: the constitutional conflict is not about ‘migrants’

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled last December that the indiscriminate push-back of asylum-seekers to Serbia was in breach of EU law. However, the Government did not abandon the illegal practice, but instead responded with another violation: following the Polish model, it intends to use the Hungarian Constitutional Court as a means of evading the enforcement of a binding CJEU judgment.
November 15, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
Europe: new report highlights increased criminalisation against migrants’ rights defenders

The demonisation of migrants is the first step leading to the attacks against those showing solidarity with them.

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October 20, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
EU agency Frontex charged with illegal pushbacks

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is being held accountable for illegally pushing back a Syrian family. The family was illegally deported to Turkey by Frontex in October 2016, shortly after arriving in Greece. It is the first time that Frontex through an action for damages is held responsible before the EU General Court for illegally deporting people and violating fundamental rights. Reports of similar pushbacks by Frontex have been piling up over the past years. The Syrian family is being represented by law firm Prakken D’Oliveira Human Rights Lawyers. Prakken D’Oliveira is supported by the Dutch Council for Refugees, BKB, Sea-Watch Legal Aid Fund and Jungle Minds.
October 19, 2021
- Our reports and analyses
- Justice
European Court of Human Rights judgments on police ill-treatment still not executed

In its communication submitted to the Committee of Ministers, the HHC warns again that Hungary has been failing to address systemic deficiencies with regard to handling ill-treatment by the police, and so has been failing to execute the respective judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
September 30, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
Asylum-seeker from Afghanistan pushed to Serbia

A story about Hungary’s dysfunctional asylum system through the experience of HHC’s client, Hasib from Afghanistan.
September 21, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
Joint third party intervention at the ECtHR in Şener v. Poland, appl. no. 53371/18

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee together with the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights submitted a third party intervention in the case of Şener v. Poland, appl. no. 53371/18. The case concerns the expulsion of a … Read more
September 20, 2021
- Our cases
- Justice
Former Altar Boy Abused and then Sued by the Church

A special criminal trial has begun in the Pest Central District Court. The accused man, now 35 years old, was sexually molested by his priest several times since the age of 13. This counts as a crime, and amounts to sexual violence against a child. Yet the Catholic priest remained unpunished under secular criminal law. Meanwhile, Attila Pető, the former victim, is now being threatened by criminal sanction
September 20, 2021
- Rule of law
The Council of Europe is losing its patience in the Baka case

The Hungarian government may very well face firmer measures by the Council of Europe if it continues to fail to fully execute the judgment issued by the European Court of Human Rights in the Baka v. Hungary case. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe calls on Hungary to present the guarantees of the independence and freedom of expression of judges.
September 13, 2021
- Our reports and analyses
- Refugee and migrant rights
The Right to Know – Legal Template on EU and International Law Regarding Disclosure of Classified Information in Asylum and Return Procedures Based on National Security Grounds

This Template presents the relevant EU law and the relevant Court of Justice of the European Union case law, as well as the pertinent provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and the applicable … Read more
September 13, 2021
- Our reports and analyses
- Refugee and migrant rights
The Right to Know – Comparative Report on Access to Classified Data in National Security Immigration Cases in Cyprus, Hungary and Poland

As part of The Right to Know project funded by the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM), the Comparative Report on Access to Classified Data in National Security Immigration Cases in Cyprus, Hungary and … Read more
September 9, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
Right to know – access to classified data in immigration cases workshop

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) are organising an expert legal workshop “Right to know – access to classified data in immigration cases”, to be held on-line, … Read more
September 3, 2021
- Our cases
- Refugee and migrant rights
Armin and his father granted asylum in Hungary

‘God bless Hungary! I love Hungary and Hungarians. I have been waiting for this for two years and eight months. Thank you very much for accepting me and for granting me refugee status,’ said the sincerely shaken Abouzar Soltani on 18 August in the notes on his hearing when it was announced that he and his 12-year-old son Armin had finally received protection in Hungary. What follows is the story of what the Iranian clients of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee experienced, and the face that the Hungarian State shows to the persecuted.

“I’m tired” – interview with Ms. Gáborné Nagy, the “embodied national security risk”

The Government’s attempt at sabotage has failed, and the CJEU decision must be implemented

Joint letter on the state of play of Article 7 procedures

Webinar: Encouraging Civil Society Input for the 2022 Rule of Law Report

Looking for older content? Use our search engine!

Empowering refugees and migrants to shape public affairs

The Hungarian Kúria is not entitled to rule on EU Court submissions

JUVE Awards of Germany: the Hungarian Helsinki Committee was selected as one of the charitable projects

EU Court: criminalising helping asylum-seekers breaches EU law

Appearances are deceiving: the constitutional conflict is not about ‘migrants’

Europe: new report highlights increased criminalisation against migrants’ rights defenders

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EU agency Frontex charged with illegal pushbacks

European Court of Human Rights judgments on police ill-treatment still not executed

Asylum-seeker from Afghanistan pushed to Serbia

Joint third party intervention at the ECtHR in Şener v. Poland, appl. no. 53371/18

Former Altar Boy Abused and then Sued by the Church

The Council of Europe is losing its patience in the Baka case

The Right to Know – Legal Template on EU and International Law Regarding Disclosure of Classified Information in Asylum and Return Procedures Based on National Security Grounds

The Right to Know – Comparative Report on Access to Classified Data in National Security Immigration Cases in Cyprus, Hungary and Poland

Right to know – access to classified data in immigration cases workshop

Armin and his father granted asylum in Hungary

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Government attacks against civil society

Independence of the judiciary

COVID-19 and the state of danger

European Court of Human Rights cases

EU legal action & CJEU

Alternatives to imprisonment