After the Hungarian government declared a state of danger due to the pandemic in March 2020, one of the first extraordinary measures adopted was a blanket ban of all kinds of gatherings, demonstrations and assemblies, excluding the possibility of considering the individual circumstances of each case.
Continue ReadingThe HHC's input for the Special Rapporteur's report on "Psychosocial dynamics conducive to torture and ill-treatment"
Continue ReadingThe United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health, and cultural rights of children. The implementation of the CRC is monitored by a body of 18 independent international experts, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Continue ReadingThe International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) is a UN Convention, adopted in 1965 and is in force in Hungary since 1969. The Convention is monitored by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), a body of 18 human rights experts.
Continue ReadingSummary of HHC main human rights concerns
Continue ReadingThe UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) is in the process of preparing a General Comment on Article 9 (Liberty and Security of Person) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Upon the invitation of the HRC the HHC submitted written observations on the issue in October 2012, which reflect the HHC’s experience in dealing with Article 9 cases both in criminal and in immigration proceedings.
Continue ReadingThe HHC's shadow reports and its suggestions for questions to be included in the List of Issues for the UN Human Rights Committee
Continue ReadingHHC briefing papers related to the CPT’s ad hoc and periodic visits to Hungary
Continue ReadingDocuments related to the Fourth Periodic Report of Hungary
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