Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Magyar Helsinki Bizottság
EU Transparency Register
496227428572-68 First registered on 06 Oct 2017
Goals / Remit
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) was established in 1989. It started its permanent activities in 1994-1995. Since then, the HHC has been monitoring whether rights that are assured by domestic law can be effectively exercised, and whether Hungarian legislation guarantees the rights that it should under either international treaties or the general principles of human rights.
The HHC's main activities are centered on protecting the rights of asylum seekers and foreigners in need of international protection, as well as monitoring the human rights performance of law enforcement agencies and the judicial system. It particularly focuses on the conditions of detention and the effective enforcement of the right to defense and equality before the law. The HHC also promotes legal education and training in fields relevant to its activities, both in Hungary and abroad. It does so through a number of means, including: (1) free legal representation and advice in individual cases, (2) monitoring of state bodies and detention facilities, (3) research projects, (4) commenting on draft legislation and formulating recommendations for human rights compatible legal norms, (5) awareness raising, media activities, and (6) international cooperation.
The HHC’s vision is a world in which everyone receives protection against human rights abuses. Our mission is to ensure that
1) All migrants in need of international protection have access to a dignified life in safety;
2) The right to liberty and to be free from torture are upheld in all procedures;
3) Everyone's right to a fair trial and equality before the law is respected;
4) The rule of law and democratic checks and balances prevail, supported by active citizens and an independent civil society;
5) Change-makers are properly trained to bring forward sustainable improvement in human rights policies.Main EU files targeted
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee follows all policies and legislative files in the areas of asylum, criminal justice, law enforcement, equal treatment, hate crime and those policies and legislative files that focus on rule of law in Hungary.
Address
Head Office
36-38 Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út
Budapest 1054
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Marta Pardavi (Co-chair)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Marta Pardavi (Co-chair)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
- JUSTICIA European Rights Network (JUSTICIA): http://eujusticia.net/
- Legal Experts Advisory Panel (LEAP): https://www.fairtrials.org/fair-trials-defenders/legal-experts/
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE): https://www.fairtrials.org/fair-trials-defenders/legal-experts/
- European Network on Statelessness (ENS): http://www.statelessness.eu/
- International Detention Coalition (IDC): https://idcoalition.org/
- European Implementation Network (EIN): http://european-implementation.net/
- European Association for the Defense of Human Rights (AEDH): http://aedh.eu/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
EU grant income for closed financial year
212,791 € (Source: All grants from European Commission. For details, see below)
Other financial info
Apart from the above mentioned sources, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee received grants from private foundations and international organisations such as the UNHCR that do not fit any of these categories.
For a detailed financial report for 2016, please visit: http://www.helsinki.hu/wp-content/uploads/Hungarian-Helsinki-Committee-annual-report-2016.pdf
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Our most recent communication activities, policy papers and research materials related to these topics can be found on our website.
Asylum: http://www.helsinki.hu/en/refugees_and_migrants/news/
Rule of law: http://www.helsinki.hu/en/rule-of-law/
Law enforcement and criminal justice: http://www.helsinki.hu/en/law_enforcement_and_criminal_justice/
Equal treatment and hate crimes: http://www.helsinki.hu/en/equal-treatment/
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee publishes its annual reports on its activities in English as well on its website: http://www.helsinki.hu/en/about_us/finances/annual-reports/
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee maintains the Refugee Law Reader, a comprehensive, freel 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/
and on Twitter (in English): https://twitter.com/hhc_helsinki
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee also maintains a blog (in Hungarian): http://helsinkifigyelo.blog.hu/Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Challenges for the civil societies Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Dec 2019 Location Budapest Subject Discussions on the New Pact on Migration Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on the current situation with NGOs in Hungary Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
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