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”.
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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.
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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
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“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.
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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.
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Information on Family Reunification of Refugees
This short handbook aims at providing refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection with necessary information in 5 languages.
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Vacancy: Part-time project assistant for the Refugee Law Reader
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee manages the Refugee Law Reader (www.refugeelawreader.org), a comprehensive on-line model curriculum for the study of the complex and rapidly evolving field of international asylum and refugee law We are looking for a part-time … Read more
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Refugee Law Reader course in Quito
We’re holding a course based on the Refugee Law Reader on 4-8 December 2014, in Quito, Ecuador. Apply till 17 October!
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Factsheets on the situation in Hungary
NGO factsheets on the rule of law developments in Hungary, September 2014
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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.
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Strasbourg case of a juvenile pre-trial detainee
On 17 September, a juvenile client of the HHC was set free after 13 months of pre-trial detention imposed for the alleged robbery of a T-shirt. The HHC turned to Strasbourg in the case earlier on.
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Fleeing war and persecution, Forced to seek safety in a rickety boat
The launch of the report ‘Mind the Gap: An NGO perspective on Challenges to Accessing Protection in the Common European Asylum System’
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Map of refugee reception and detention centres in Hungary
Current on 30 June 2016
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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.
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HHC briefing for Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner, June 2014
Summary of HHC main human rights concerns
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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.
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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.
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Refugee Law Reader course in Tbilisi
A four-day seminar based on the Refugee Law Reader will be held in Tbilisi on 7-10 July 2014.
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Information note on asylum-seekers in detention and in Dublin procedures in Hungary
The Information Note gives a summary overview about recent developments regarding the Hungarian asylum system, with special emphasis on asylum detention and the situation of asylum-seekers under the Dublin III Regulation.
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Early removal of Hungarian Supreme Court president violates Convention
Today the European Court of Human Rights concluded Hungary was in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights due to the premature termination of the Hungarian Supreme Court’s President’s mandate in early 2012. The judgment confirms concerns of the HHC, the HCLU and the Eötvös Károly Institute that Mr Baka’s dismissal violated the independence of the judiciary, and was a further step in weakening the rule of law in Hungary.