Magyar Helsinki Bizottság
General Information
Identification Code: 496227428572-68
Website: http://helsinki.hu
Entity Form: public benefit association
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 10/6/2017
Last Update: 10/24/2023
Mission & Interests
Goals: 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.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Borders and security
- Institutional affairs
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Migration and asylum
Levels of Interest:
- global
- european
- national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: 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
and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magyar_helsinki_bizottsag/
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee also maintains a blog (in Hungarian): https://helsinkifigyelo.444.hu/
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 20 Dohány street
Post Code: 1074
City: Budapest
Country: HUNGARY
Phone:
Indic Phone: 36
Phone Number: 13214323
EU Office
Address: 20 Dohány street
Post Code: 1074
City: Budapest
Country: HUNGARY
Phone:
Indic Phone: 36
Phone Number: 13214323
Financial Data
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Funding Sources:
- Donations
- Grants
- Public funding
Contributions:
- Amount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 613: 24: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 1911: 243
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Total Budget: 1765886
Grants:
- Source: DG JusticeAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 613: 24: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 1911: 240
- Source: EACEAAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 613: 24: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 1911: 241
- Source: REAAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 613: 24: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 1911: 242
Current Year:
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Complementary Information: For a detailed breakdown of sources of income in 2022, see https://helsinki.hu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2022-es_bevetelek.pdf
For past financial reports and activities reports, please visit:
https://helsinki.hu/en/about/annual-reports/
Membership Information
Members: 1
Members F T E: 1
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: None. Only natural persons are members of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.
Organisation Members: - 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/
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