Ombudsman and Deputies Deliver This Year’s Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Awards

At the ceremony held at the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, the Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Award was granted by Commissioner Dr. Ákos Kozma to General Director of the Saint Ágota Child Protection Service of the Szeged-Csanád Diocese Mr. János Kothencz.  Deputy Commissioner for the Rights of National Minorities Dr. Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay presented the award to the National Council of Hungarian Ethnic Minorities, while Deputy Commissioner for Future Generations Dr. Gyula Bándi granted the award to the Secretary General of the National Council for Sustainable Development Dr. Gábor Bartus. Also, the work of National Commander of the Hungarian Prison Service, Prison Lieutenant General Dr. Tamás Tóth, State Secretary for Forests Mr. Péter Zambó and CEO of the Szombathely Forestry Zrt József Bugán was acknowledged by the Ombudsman.

This award, founded by the Ombudsmen in 2007, is granted for outstanding accomplishment, professional activities or career to those who have achieved or contributed to the achievement of extraordinary, exemplary results in the field of protecting fundamental human and civil rights, in particular the rights of the child and other vulnerable groups, the rights of national minorities and the environment. 

At the end of the ceremony, the Christmas gifts of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, the Hungarian Prison Service Headquarters, as well as Szombathely Forestry Zrt were delivered to the Rum Special Children’s Home of the Vas County Child Protection Centre and Primary School, as well as the Saint Ágota Children’s Homes.