Report to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT)
Documents related to the Fourth Periodic Report of Hungary
Topic: Justice
Anybody may become defenceless in the face of the state’s power.
Strategies for Effective Police Stop and Search (STEPSS) project (2007-2008)
ID check is the most frequently used police measure in Hungary: on average, more than 1.5 million checks have been conducted in recent years. However, the practice of ID checks has not been analyzed so far. Therefore, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee sought to assess the typical grounds of ID checks and the efficiency of this police measure in the framework of a project financially supported by the European Commission’s AGIS Program and the Open Society Institute. It was also examined whether there is a discriminatory tendency regarding ID checks, namely if members of the Roma minority are ID checked in unjustified and disproportionate numbers compared to their non-Roma peers.
Briefing paper for the UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues
The UN Independent Expert on minority issues (IEMI), Ms Gay McDougall paid a visit to Hungary in late June 2006. The HHC met with the Independent Expert and presented a briefing paper on issues related … Read more
Report on police stop and search practice
Control(led) Group – Final Report on the Strategies for Effective Police Stop and Search (STEPSS) Project
The Defendant: the State – The Story of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee
Author: András Mink
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2005
ISBN: 963 86959 1 9Model Legal Aid Board Program (2005-2007)
Analysing the system of ex officio appointed defense counsels
Comments regarding the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s comments regarding the second monitoring cycle on Hungary under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (20 September 2004)
Presumption of Guilt – Injurious Treatment and the Activity of Defense Counsels in Criminal Proceedings against Pre-trial Detainees
Author: András Kádár
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2004
ISBN: 963 216 939 5Double Standard – Prison Conditions in Hungary
Authors: János Eörsi, Zsuzsa Jelencsics, András Kádár, Iván Mándli, János Somogyi
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2002
ISBN: 963 00 9509 2Police in Transition
Edited by András Kádár, Hungarian Helsinki Committee
Published by CEU Press, 2001
ISBN 978-963-9241-15-2Police Jail and Prison Monitoring Program (1996/2000-2017)
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s Police Jail Monitoring Program started in 1996, on the basis of an agreement concluded with the National Police Headquarters. The goal of the project is to monitor the conditions of detention … Read more