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hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social
Human rights and watchdog NGO based in Budapest, Hungary. 🇭🇺🇪🇺 Rule of law, civil society space, asylum, refugees, detention, criminal justice.
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Legal changes aimed at "banning" Budapest Pride 🏳️‍🌈 breach the rights to the protection of personal data, freedom of assembly, and equal treatment. We'll be there to help protect your rights 💪 -- with information materials, template submissions, and legal advice. helsinki.hu/a-nagy-testv...

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Tens of thousands of refugees have arrived in Hungary🇭🇺 from Ukraine🇺🇦, fleeing Russia's war. While the government keeps restricting their support, we've been helping 14,000 refugees, offering legal assistance and information. helsinki.hu/en/three-hel...

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Hungary has faced significant challenges to judicial independence in recent years. Now the independence of Hungary's disciplinary courts is also being targeted. TAMÁS MATUSIK explains why this is so dangerous and why the threat is imminent. verfassungsblog.de/targeting-di...

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In @verfassungsblog.de Tamás Matusik, a senior judge and the former President of the National Judicial Council 🇭🇺, warns how judges' recent outrage over planned structural reforms may have created the political opportunity to silence dissenting voices further. verfassungsblog.de/targeting-di...

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Happy Holidays from our Hungarian Helsinki Committee team! 🎄🌠 🕯️ We are grateful for all the support and cooperation we receive to promote human rights and the rule of law in Hungary and beyond, and wish everyone all the best for the holiday season and 2025!

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Hungarian courts and judges are again facing an existential crisis, say rights defenders — one year after the European Commission unfroze billions of euros. New obstacles introduced by the Hungarian government put severe financial and politicalconstraints on judges. euobserver.com/Rule%20of%20...

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The European Commission has decided to take Hungary to the EU Court of Justice over the sovereignty protection law, which is a breach of EU law and violates numerous fundamental rights, including the freedom of expression and association. @nikolajnielsen.bsky.social euobserver.com/Rule%20of%20...

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🇭🇺⚖️🇪🇺💶 Where is Hungary with meeting the conditions to unlock EU funds frozen through the rule of law conditionality mechanism and withheld through RRF (COVID recovery fund)? Our Budapest friends, led by HU Helsinki Committee, have a new analysis, grading progress (or lack of it) in various areas. 1/

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

New joint NGO report -- 2 years after the suspension of EU🇪🇺 funds to Hungary🇭🇺, the government's compliance with rule of law supermilestones and other criteria set by the Commission and Council remains inadequate. Full report: helsinki.hu/en/wp-conten... 🚦 assessment: helsinki.hu/en/wp-conten...

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

🇭🇺The National Judicial Council has bowed to a deal with the Justice Minister linking judicial pay rise to dangerous court reforms. Now 400+ court leaders, judges, judicial staff are openly protesting the bargain, calling for protecting judicial independence. mabie.hu/berjavaslat/...

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Our latest ECtHR judgment in a series of transit zone case from Hungary. The asylum-seeking mother and her 4 children were unlawfully detained under inhuman conditions for 17 months. Our clients receive €12,000 in just satisfaction. helsinki.hu/en/family-un...

submitted 183 days ago • 0 comments

We welcome that today the European Commission launched an infringement action against the Hungarian 'sovereignty defence law', based also on Art.2 TEU. We need a fast process, and the suspension of the law as soon as possible, to minimise its harmful effects. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

submitted 407 days ago • 1 comment

We are grateful to all our friends, colleagues, and followers for your support in 2023. We wish you a peaceful and joyful holiday season and all the best for 2024!

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Hungarian government recipe to access EU funds without real rule of law compliance: Trick #1 Legal Amendment, but No Actual Change Trick #2 Say One Thing, Do Another Trick #3 Compliance on Paper Only

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The joint flash analysis by HHC and Amnesty HU on last week's makeshift proposals to fulfil judicial super milestones shows that they fall short of compliance and are likely to create new obstacles to implementing EU law. helsinki.hu/en/flash-ana...

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Over 100 Hungarian civil society organisations and the Civilizáció coalition protest adopting the 'Defense of Sovereignty' law, and call on the government to stop intimidating and stigmatising active citizens and organisations. civilizacio.net/en/news-blog...

submitted 475 days ago • 0 comments

Hungary should submit the bill on the ‘defence of national sovereignty’ to the Venice Commission, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Hungary say. pace.coe.int/en/news/9289...

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Statement today by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic -- Hungary: The proposal for a “defence of national sovereignty” package poses a significant risk to #HumanRights and should be abandoned. www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

submitted 479 days ago • 0 comments

The proposed Defence of Sovereignty Law, now in Hungary's Parliament, is designed to defend PM Orbán's regime. It is a thinly veiled attempt to deter citizens who are working in the interests of their communities from participating in public life. Our statement: helsinki.hu/en/regime-de...

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The Hungarian government hasn't taken adequate steps till today to fully address the #ruleoflaw, #anticorruption and #humanrights concerns raised by EU institutions. A 🚦assessment by 6 Hungarian NGOs helsinki.hu/en/assessmen...

submitted 489 days ago • 0 comments

Hungary’s judicial reform remains fundamentally defective, despite the government’s claims to the contrary. Legislative steps & proof of proper implementation of judicial super milestones are necessary in many aspects to access frozen EU funds. Our new analysis: helsinki.hu/en/fundament...

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The government wants 180 more days of the state of danger, extending it until 23/5/2024. The overly broad rules give it a carte blanche mandate to override acts of Parliament. It's time for this unjustified, excessive regulatory power to end, say Hungarian NGOs. helsinki.hu/en/the-state...

submitted 520 days ago • 1 comment

Budapest, 11 October 2023 With Andras Lederer, of @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social, one of the most impressive, principled and effective rule of law defenders I have ever met. Nothing but respect for this giant

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