Topic: Refugee and migrant rights

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

On 29 May 2018, the Hungarian Government submitted a package of bills to the Hungarian Parliament as the third version of what it refers to as the ‘Stop Soros’ package. The bill no. T/333 ‘on … Read more

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s information update provides an overview on the application of the Dublin III regulation in relation to Hungary since 2015. The summary table lists key decisions of administrative authorities and courts at … Read more

77 university professors from 28 countries of various continents expressed their solidarity with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee calling for the immediate halting of envisaged measures to starve and strangle independent civil society in Hungary.   … Read more

On 18 April 2018 at 09:15 am CET, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held an open hearing in the case of Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary. It concerned the detention … Read more

Following the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in January of this year, the Administrative and Labour Court, Szeged repealed the decision of the Hungarian Immigration and Asylum Office which … Read more

The HHC’s shadow reports and its suggestions for questions to be included in the List of Issues for the UN Human Rights Committee

European judicial training on the rights of persons in need of international protection

The Hungarian Government’s spokesperson published a blog post on 28 February 2018 to give “some examples of NGOs facilitating illegal migration in Hungary and Europe“. Out of the examples cited as evidence of “aiding and … Read more

Today the Metropolitan Court of Budapest in its first instance ruling found that in the ‘National Consultation’ questionnaire, the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister had violated the Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s right to good reputation. … Read more

The updated information leaflet of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee on the legal provisions of the Hungarian asylum procedure is available now. The publication was supported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee shared its position with the Hungarian Government regarding the so-called “Stop Soros” draft bill. According to the human rights NGO the regulation under preparation is unacceptable and only serves constitutionally indefensible political … Read more

The case is about whether the “homosexuality test” is compliant with the EU law. Full summary can be found here. Full case can be found here.

Today’s ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is the result of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s (HHC) decade-long struggle to put an end to the humiliating and stigmatizing psychological testing of … Read more

On 29 May 2018, the Hungarian government published two draft laws as the third version of LexNGO 2018, or of what it refers to as the ‘Stop Soros’ package. The drafts propose using criminal law … Read more

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures for 2017 is available online here.

A final order of the court required the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister to suspend the distribution of the “National Consultation questionnaires” by post and online, at least the part that refers to the … Read more

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.