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July 27, 2022
- Rule of law
The Government’s bill on public consultation does not offer real solutions

According to civil society organisations, the bill submitted by the Government which would amend the rules of public consultation “in the interest of reaching an agreement with the European Commission” offers only pretend solutions. Strengthening public participation in lawmaking is an important goal, but it would require, first and foremost, real governmental will, meaningful implementation of existing laws, and much more effective guarantees than those included in the draft law.
July 18, 2022
- Our reports and analyses
- Rule of law
Recovery and Resilience for Judicial Independence in Hungary

The European Commission’s 2022 Rule of Law Report, released on 13 July 2022, repeated the stark findings of previous years and found no progress as regards judicial independence in Hungary. Two out of the Commission’s … Read more
July 11, 2022
- Rule of law
NGOs turn to the Constitutional Court in support of judicial independence

After the President of the Kúria, Hungary’s highest court, challenged the new Code of Ethics of the National Judicial Council before the Constitutional Court, four NGOs submitted a joint amicus curiae brief to the Constitutional Court to point out that the arguments of the President of the Kúria are unfounded, and to support the independence of Hungarian judges.
June 10, 2022
- Our reports and analyses
- Rule of law
New “authorization act” removes parliamentary oversight over emergency government decrees

On 8 June 2022, the governing majority in the Hungarian Parliament adopted the Fourth Authorization Act, which completes the Hungarian Government’s efforts to keep its excessive regulatory powers acquired first with a view to the … Read more

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June 9, 2022
- Our cases
- Refugee and migrant rights
European Court of Human Rights: Another Iraqi family had been unlawfully held in inhuman conditions in the transit zone

Another judgment has been delivered by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg due to unlawful detentions in the transit zone. The asylum seeking family from Iraq, four children and their parents were arbitrarily held by the Hungarian authorities for 136 days. The family was represented by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.
June 8, 2022
- News
- Refugee and migrant rights
Information for those Ukrainian people and refugees who fled Ukraine before 24 February (EN)

This leaflet has useful information for you if you legally arrived in Hungary before 24 February 2022 and now you cannot return to Ukraine for the war AND you are a Ukrainian citizen or a family member (wife or husband, partner, children under 18, parents of a Ukrainian children and other relatives, who lived in the same household, even if not Ukrainian citizens) of a Ukrainian citizen, or if you have been recognized as a refugee or stateless person in Ukraine or are a family member of such person.
June 2, 2022
- Our cases
- Refugee and migrant rights
Hungarian state obliged to compensate asylum seeking family tormented in the transit zone

Another judgment has been delivered by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg against Hungary due to unlawful detention of an asylum seeking family in the transit zone. Four Iraqi children and their parents were held by the Hungarian authorities for nearly five months. What is more, the mother was pregnant with their fifth child during their detention in the container camp at Tompa, Hungary. And yet, Hungarian authorities couldn’t care less. The family has been represented by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.
May 16, 2022
- Our reports and analyses
- Rule of law
Selected rule of law developments and recommendations ahead of the Article 7(1) hearing

On 23 May 2022, the Council will hold its fourth hearing in the procedure initiated under Article 7(1) TEU in relation to Hungary in 2018, with the aim to determine whether there is a clear … Read more
May 12, 2022
- Our reports and analyses
- Rule of law
LexNGO2021 – A look into Hungary’s LexNGO2021 on its first anniversary

On 18 June 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared that Act LXXVI of 2017 on the Transparency of Organisations Supported from Abroad (“LexNGO 2017”), which stigmatised certain civil society organisations (CSOs) … Read more
May 10, 2022
- Our reports and analyses
- Refugee and migrant rights
When there’s a will, there’s a way to protection – Quarterly report on push-backs

As part of the Protecting Rights at Borders initiative funded by the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM), the third quarterly report on unlawful push-backs was published. Since our previous report the world has changed, … Read more

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May 5, 2022
- Our reports and analyses
- Rule of law
Information note on the proposed 10th Amendment of the Fundamental Law

Two new Bills proposed by the Minister of Justice this week show that the Hungarian Government would use the war in Ukraine as a pretext to keep its excessive regulatory powers, while amending the constitution the 10th time.
May 4, 2022
- Refugee and migrant rights
Solidarity prevails: the reception of Ukrainian refugees in Hungary

On the reception of Ukrainian refugees in Hungary
May 3, 2022
- Justice
Convicted people have families too, they should not be punished

It is without precedent in Hungary’s penitentiary system that convicts were only allowed to have visitors in merely four months in the past two years. In the rest twenty months, no one was permitted to have any kind of visitor under any condition. Even if this unjustifiable restriction ends in May 2022, the accumulated problems of the past years caused by the unnecessarily strict criminal policy will not be solved. Today, forty thousand children are being deprived of their right to family life.
May 2, 2022
- Justice
Big congratulations to FECSKE!

Out of 275 applicants, the Support Network for Detainees and their Families was selected as the one of the 15 best and most innovative nominees and have won a jury prize of €2,000 at SozialMarie – Prize for Social Innovation yesterday.
April 21, 2022
- Our reports and analyses
- Refugee and migrant rights
AIDA report Hungary

The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) contains information on asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention and international protection based on data from 23 countries, including Hungary. The report on Hungary for 2021 issued by the Hungarian Helsinki … Read more
April 15, 2022
- Rule of law
No fines for campaigning to cast an invalid vote on the referendum

Civil society organisations who challenged the National Election Committee’s decision in the Curia (Supreme Court) have achieved an important victory, not only for themselves but also for the 1.7 million people who decided to cast an invalid vote in the referendum.
April 14, 2022
- Our reports and analyses
- Justice
HHC asks for an ad hoc CPT visit in Hungarian penitentiaries

The HHC has long been reporting on issues related to unnecessary restrictions of detainees’ contact with the outside world to the CPT. For the past years, there has been a systemic overuse of COVID-lockdown measures … Read more
April 12, 2022
- Rule of law
After the failed anti-LGBTQI referendum, the government would silence NGOs with fines

On Sunday, more than 1.6 million Hungarians cast invalid votes to reject the government’s manipulative and fear-mongering referendum. The invalidity of the referendum shows that the majority of Hungarians do not support the government’s exclusionary policies. Five days after the miserable failure of the government’s anti-LGBTQI referendum, the National Election Committee (NEC) suddenly realized that the months-long campaign “defeats the constitutional purpose of the exercise of power.”
April 11, 2022
- News
- Refugee and migrant rights
Information on the protection of children fleeing from Ukraine

Millions of children have been forced to leave Ukraine since the beginning of the war. They are in a particularly vulnerable situation, which is why they require an additional measure of legal and social support.
March 31, 2022
- News
- Refugee and migrant rights
Information for Ukrainian citizens and their families fleeing Ukraine (EN)

This document contains useful information if you are a Ukrainian citizen, a family member of a Ukrainian citizen or if you lived in Ukraine prior to 24 February.

The Government’s bill on public consultation does not offer real solutions

Recovery and Resilience for Judicial Independence in Hungary

NGOs turn to the Constitutional Court in support of judicial independence

New “authorization act” removes parliamentary oversight over emergency government decrees

Looking for older content? Use our search engine!

European Court of Human Rights: Another Iraqi family had been unlawfully held in inhuman conditions in the transit zone

Information for those Ukrainian people and refugees who fled Ukraine before 24 February (EN)

Hungarian state obliged to compensate asylum seeking family tormented in the transit zone

Selected rule of law developments and recommendations ahead of the Article 7(1) hearing

LexNGO2021 – A look into Hungary’s LexNGO2021 on its first anniversary

When there’s a will, there’s a way to protection – Quarterly report on push-backs

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Information note on the proposed 10th Amendment of the Fundamental Law

Solidarity prevails: the reception of Ukrainian refugees in Hungary

Convicted people have families too, they should not be punished

Big congratulations to FECSKE!

AIDA report Hungary

No fines for campaigning to cast an invalid vote on the referendum

HHC asks for an ad hoc CPT visit in Hungarian penitentiaries

After the failed anti-LGBTQI referendum, the government would silence NGOs with fines

Information on the protection of children fleeing from Ukraine

Information for Ukrainian citizens and their families fleeing Ukraine (EN)

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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