The UN Human Rights Committee on its 100th session assessed Hungary’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Hungarian Helsinki Committee helped the Committee’s work by preparing two shadow reports.
According to the Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s opinion measures taken against contracts, which run into good morality cannot be the ground for the unprecedented restriction of the Constitutional Court’s scope of authority. No Hungarian government is authorized to limit the tasks of the most important democratic institution and disregard its decisions because of its current political interests.
The Eötvös Károly Institute and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee object the proposed restriction of the Constitutional Court’s authority.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee considers the law permitting the dismissal of government employees without justification to be unconstitutional. Therefore the HHC turns to the Constitutional Court to strike it down.
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.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee considers the law permitting the dismissal of government employees without justification to be unconstitutional. Therefore the Committee turns to the Constitutional Court to strike it down.
According to the Hungarian Helsinki Committee the public service broadcasters’ decision not to air the campaign ad of Jobbik because of its use of the term „gypsy criminality”, suggesting a strong connection between ethnicity and criminality was rightful. The term offends the dignity of hundreds of thousands, and is capable of inciting hatred. The National Election Committee’s decision granting Jobbik’s claim has formal shortcomings, factual errors and also with this decison the Committee has exceeded its authority.
The HHC has prepared a shadow report for the 100th session of the UN Human Rights Committee on the human rights situation in Hungary.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee reviewed the planned amendments to the Police Act. In its opinion it criticizes among others the regulations dealing with the establishment of service, points out the under-regulated fields, and makes recommendations … Read more
Seven organizations expressed their concern about the parliamentary comissions’ work in a joint statement; because they think it is not in line with the principle of separation of powers.
One of Malév’s subsidiaries, Malév GH Zrt. which is responsible for ground handling, was fined one million Forints by The Equal Treatment Authority of Hungary (ETA) for discriminating against an employee on grounds of his … Read more
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union reviewed the government’s bill regarding the amendments aiming to improve public safety. The proposed regulations would introduce stricter rules, and in case of some offenses … Read more
The Bill on legislative amendments “necessary for improving public security” has led to a situation in which juvenile offenders committing petty theft almost inevitably end up in confinement. The amendments proposed by the government in … Read more
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.
In June 2008 the HHC sent a public interest information request to all Budapest-based police stations to find out in how many cases the police had appointed ex officio defense counsels in mandatory defense cases … Read more
The HHC’s lawyer brought a lawsuit on behalf of a blind person who had been denied access to a supermarket (Match) because of his guide dog. The first instance court established the violation of the … Read more