Office of the commissioner for fundamental rights of hungary

On 4 December 2023, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary presented Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum awards and ombudsman’s acknowledgements at the award ceremony held at the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights.

The Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary organised an international conference entitled “Let Us Build Bridges” on the issues related to the protection of human rights on 1 December 2023. The conference was organised under the aegis of a tender of ENNHRI entitled “Cooperation and Exchange Program with Other ENNHRI Members and Internal Capacity Building”.

Ombudsman Dr. Ákos Kozma reported on the 2022 activities of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary and his deputies to the National Assembly at its session on 27 November 2023.

Dr. Ákos Kozma and his staff members conducted an on-site inspection at the Hajdú-Bihar County Remand Prison on 16 November 2023 in the framework of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) National Preventive Mechanism (NPM). The Ombudsman was received by Prison Major General, Deputy Director General for Finance and Detention of the Hungarian Prison Service Headquarters János Schmehl, as well as Prison Lieutenant Colonel, Prison Commander László Fazekas.

Chaired by Ombudsman Dr. Ákos Kozma, the meeting of the Disability Advisory Board, which consists of the representatives of the organisations active in various fields of disability in Hungary was held at the General Directorate of Disability of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary in Debrecen on 15 November 2023. This board assists the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights in performing his tasks related to the independent mechanism under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

From 31 October to 1 November 2023, the staff members of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary took part in a study trip to the Polish Ombudsman’s Office, the goal of which was to exchange experience between the national human rights institutions.