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.
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
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 Hungarian Helsinki Committee went to court on 1 October 2017 because of the misleading statements of the “National Consultation questionnaire” that misrepresent facts. HHC wants the court to establish that the statements in the … Read more
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s information update provides an overview of the interim measures granted by the European Court of Human Rights or the United Nations Human Rights Committee in applications against Hungary between January and … Read more
On 11 April 2017 Hungary deported a seriously traumatised Afghan asylum-seeker to Bulgaria, where had been previously ill-treated by the authorities, despite the UN Human Rights Committee requesting Hungary not to do so. The HHC’s … Read more
Appl. no. 9912/15
C-695/15
Appl. no. 62116/12
The Detention of Asylum Seekers in Hungary: Exploring the Impact of Three Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
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.
C-364/11
Appl. no. 13457/11
Appl. no. 13058/11
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.
Bouba can stay together with his two daughters and wife.
C-31/09
The European Court of Human Rights requested the Hungarian government to suspend the return of an unaccompanied 16-yar old Afghan asylum seeker to Greece under the Dublin Regulation on Friday, 26 February.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s attorney, Gábor Győző is representing a Palestinian asylum seeker before the Metropolitan Court in Budapest (Fővárosi Bíróság) in an asylum case concerning the applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Refugee Convention.