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January 17, 2022
- Rule of law
Cemented into Their Seats

According to the current state of affairs, one year after the elections – not including the Prime Minister – 31 of the 32 most important leaders of the state apparatus will be the same person as they are now. Even in the case of an opposition victory. In fact, having a two-third majority in Parliament, Fidesz can get even more of our public dignitaries cemented into their seats anytime until the elections in April, for an even longer period. With the Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s useful infographics, we can “look into the future”.
January 13, 2022
- Rule of law
Hungarian civil society organisations urge the OSCE to send a full mission to observe parliamentary elections on 3 April

Ahead of the Hungarian parliamentary elections set for 3 April, twenty Hungarian civil society organisations are urging the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in a joint letter to deploy a full-scale election observation mission (EOM) to Hungary, with a high number of short-term observers on election day.
January 5, 2022
- Our reports and analyses
- Rule of law
Non-Execution of Domestic and International Court Judgments in Hungary

As another sign of the country’s rule of law backsliding, Hungary has been failing to implement judgments of the Strasbourg and Luxembourg courts, and Hungarian authorities are repeatedly disregarding the judgments of the country’s own domestic courts as well. A new research paper by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee shows just how deep this phenomenon runs.
January 3, 2022
- Our cases
- Justice
Mass police violence was not confined to 2006, it is still with us today

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee released its documentary film By the Power of the Force on its YouTube channel. The subject of the film is the largely unpunished mass police violence of 2006 and its aftermath. The film by civil rights activists shows that the domestic judiciary still fails to prevent, detect and punish police violence to this day.

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December 20, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
Paintings of Murad Sharifi at the Canvases of the Future exhibition

Human Rights Activist and Amateur Painter
A Conversation Murad Sharifi
December 20, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
Paintings of Radwa Alnazer at the Canvases of the Future exhibition

‘I try to paint the inspirations that affect me.’
A Conversation with Radwa Alnazer
December 20, 2021
- Refugee and migrant rights
Paintings of Abouzar Soltani at the Canvases of the Future exhibition

Peace, Hope and Joy
A Conversation with Abouzar Soltani
December 20, 2021
- Our reports and analyses
- Refugee and migrant rights
National security grounds for exclusion from international protection as a Carte Blanche: Hungarian asylum provisions not compliant with EU law

Our new information update identifies five main points where Hungarian asylum legislation and practice regarding exclusion from international protection on national security grounds contradict EU law and jurisprudence. In summary: 1. The Hungarian law does … Read more
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

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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
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.
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.

Cemented into Their Seats

Hungarian civil society organisations urge the OSCE to send a full mission to observe parliamentary elections on 3 April

Non-Execution of Domestic and International Court Judgments in Hungary

Mass police violence was not confined to 2006, it is still with us today

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Paintings of Murad Sharifi at the Canvases of the Future exhibition

Paintings of Radwa Alnazer at the Canvases of the Future exhibition

Paintings of Abouzar Soltani at the Canvases of the Future exhibition

National security grounds for exclusion from international protection as a Carte Blanche: Hungarian asylum provisions not compliant with EU law

“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

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Joint letter on the state of play of Article 7 procedures

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

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

EU agency Frontex charged with illegal pushbacks

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

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