Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
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), founded in 1989, is a non-governmental watchdog organization that protects human dignity and the rule of law through legal and public advocacy methods.
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, the justice system, freedom of assembly and civil society, and those policies and legislative files that focus on rule of law in Hungary.
Address
Head Office
20 Dohány street
Budapest 1074
HUNGARYEU Office
20 Dohány street
Budapest 1074
HUNGARYWebsite
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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
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
- 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/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
1,314,965€
Major funding types in closed year
Other, Donations, Public financing, Member's contribution, EU funding, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Oak Foundation 300,576€ Contribution UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 177,633€ Contribution The Sigrid Rausing Trust 282,932€ Contribution Foundation Open Society Institute 368,638€ Contribution EU-Russia Civil Society Forum 104,558€ Contribution United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture 31,816€ Contribution Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (Budapest) 31,718€ Contribution National Endowment for Democracy 21,570€ Contribution Foundation Pro Asyl 25,000€ Grant DG Home 59,128€ Grant DG Home 5,671€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant DG Justice 62,799€ Other financial info
For a detailed financial report and activities report for 2021 (HU), please visit:
https://helsinki.hu/en/about/annual-reports/
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
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 publish information about such meetings. 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 Commission - 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 Commission - 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 Commission - Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
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