Magyar Helsinki Bizottság

EU Legislative Interests

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee follows all policies and legislative files in the areas of asylum, criminal justice, law enforcement, equal treatment, hate crime, the justice system, freedom of assembly and civil society, and those policies and legislative files that focus on rule of law in Hungary.

Communication Activities

Our most recent communication activities, policy papers and research materials related to these topics can be found on our website. Asylum: https://helsinki.hu/en/activities/refugee-and-migrant-rights/ Rule of law: https://helsinki.hu/en/activities/rule-of-law/ Law enforcement and criminal justice: https://helsinki.hu/en/activities/justice/ The Hungarian Helsinki Committee publishes its annual reports on its activities in English as well on its website: https://helsinki.hu/en/about/annual-reports/ The Hungarian Helsinki Committee maintains the Refugee Law Reader, a comprehensive, free online model curriculum for the study of the complex and rapidly evolving field of international asylum and refugee law. The Refugee Law Reader is available in - English: http://refugeelawreader.org/en/ - French: http://refugeelawreader.org/fr/ - Russian: http://refugeelawreader.org/ru/ - Spanish: http://refugeelawreader.org/es/ The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is also active on Facebook (in Hungarian): https://www.facebook.com/helsinkibizottsag/ on Twitter (X) (in English): https://twitter.com/hhc_helsinki on Linkedin (in English): https://www.linkedin.com/company/hungarian-helsinki-committee/ and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magyar_helsinki_bizottsag/ The Hungarian Helsinki Committee also maintains a blog (in Hungarian): https://helsinkifigyelo.444.hu/

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

- European Association for the Defense of Human Rights (AEDH): http://aedh.eu/ - European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE): https://www.ecre.org/ - European Implementation Network (EIN): http://european-implementation.net/ - European Network on Statelessness (ENS): http://www.statelessness.eu/ - International Detention Coalition (IDC): https://idcoalition.org/ - International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH): https://www.fidh.org/ - JUSTICIA European Rights Network (JUSTICIA): http://eujusticia.net/ - Legal Experts Advisory Panel (LEAP): https://www.fairtrials.org/fair-trials-defenders/legal-experts/

Organisation Members

None. Only natural persons are members of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.

Additional Information

For a detailed breakdown of sources of income in 2024, see https://helsinki.hu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/MHB-HHC-beerkezett-tamogatasok-income-2024.pdf The detailed financial report of 2024, in Hungarian, submitted to the Court Registry: https://helsinki.hu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HelsinkiBizottsag_penzugyijelentes_2024.pdf Audit report of 2024 in English: https://helsinki.hu/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/06/HHC_audit_report2024.pdf Activities report of 2024 in English: https://helsinki.hu/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/07/HHC_Annual_Report_2024.pdf For past financial reports and activities reports, please visit: https://helsinki.hu/en/about/annual-reports/