Forum on hate crime in Balassagyarmat
On 13 February 2013 the HHC talked to foreigners about hate crime in Balassagyarmat.
Topic: Refugee and migrant rights
Each year hundreds of thousands leave their home due to wars, hunger, torture and persecution globally. In Europe, although often perceived as a safe region, asylum-seekers are often met by refusal, detention and expulsion.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee works towards providing effective assistance to those fleeing to Hungary.
Report on border monitoring activities in 2012
Border monitoring activities have been carried out at three extra-Schengen border sections in Hungary since 2006 under a tripartite cooperation agreement between the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the UNHCR Regional Representation and the National Police Headquarters.
Beyond Proof – Credibility Assessment in EU Asylum Systems
UNHCR report on EU state practices of credibility assessment in asylum claims (publication realised in the framework of the CREDO project)
CREDIBILITY ASSESSMENT IN ASYLUM PROCEDURES – A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING MANUAL
Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures – a Multidisciplinary Training Manual
(A publication of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee as part of the CREDO project)Happy Women’s Day, Tourpikay!
Tourpikay Quadery fled Afghanistan as a young widow with four small children. She arrived here 20 years ago, she became a Hungarian citizen 12 years ago. Today she works as a school secretary in Csepel and also as an official interpreter. Her moving life story is a real Women’s Day gift for all of us.
Little to celebrate on Dublin’s 10th anniversary
New research shows that the system continues to violate the rights of refugees.
El Kott and Others v. BÁH
C-364/11
Supreme Court’s opinion on the application of the safe third country concept
The Supreme Court of Hungary (Kúria) issued an official opinion on 10 December 2012 in order to promote a
harmonised practice at Hungarian courts regarding the application of the safe third country concept in asylum
cases.Hendrin Ali Said and Aras Ali Said v. Hungary
Appl. no. 13457/11
‘Hungary, we are tired’
Protest of the refugees from Bicske.
European Database of Asylum Law (EDAL)
The project is about to create a multilingual online database of case summaries interpreting refugee and asylum law of 17 EU Member States.
Al-Tayyar Abdelhakim v. Hungary
Appl. no. 13058/11
Watch our latest short films!
Our latest short films showcase the work of Helsinki Committee lawyers in helping refugees and migrants in Hungary.
Refugee Law Reader Conference on Asylum and Refugee Law Education in Europe
The project “Knowledge-based harmonisation of European asylum practices”, coordinated by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, held its closing conference in Budapest on 8-9 December 2011.
Statement on the Hungarian-Slovakian dual citizenship issue
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee finds the case of ethnic Hungarians from Slovakia losing their citizenship due to obtaining Hungarian citizenship astonishing and absurd. As a consequence of the bad neighbourly relations between the two countries, … Read more
Migrants in the Media
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s study examines the negative stereotypes in the Hungarian media related to the topics of migration and refugees. The research was based on 300 articles collected and evaluated in 2011.
Serbia as a Safe Third Country: A Wrong Presumption
Hungary refuses to examine on the merits asylum claims of asylum-seekers arriving in Hungary through Serbia, based on the wrong presumption that Serbia is able and willing to provide protection to these persons. This practice is in breach of Article 3 and 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Strasbourg Human Rights Court rules Hungary held asylum-seekers in detention unlawfully
The European Court of Human Rights found that two Ivorian asylum-seekers, represented by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, had been held in immigration detention unlawfully for 5 months. Hungary must pay 10 000 EUR to each applicant for damages. The Court’s judgment highlights systemic problems concerning the detention of asylum-seekers in immigration jails in Hungary.
UN Committee Against Torture (CAT)
Documents related to the Fourth Periodic Report of Hungary
Activities relating to statelessness
Since 2006, the HHC has taken the lead on promoting the rights of stateless persons among non-governmental organisations at a European level.