The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) is a non-governmental human rights organization founded in 1989 and based in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
. The HHC is a member of the
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) was a self-governing group of non-governmental organizations that acted to protect human rights throughout Europe, North America and Central Asia. A specific primary goal was to monitor ...
and the
European Council on Refugees and Exiles
Established in 1974, ECRE is a European network of 105 NGOs in 39 European countries.
In 2011, the council raised concerns regarding planned repatriations of Afghan asylum children.
In 2014, the council was critical of EU cutbacks of migrant r ...
.
The HHC defines itself as monitoring the respect for human rights protected by
international human rights instruments
International human rights instruments are the treaties and other international texts that serve as legal sources for international human rights law and the protection of human rights in general. There are many varying types, but most can be clas ...
, to inform the public about human rights violations and to provide victims of human rights abuse with free legal assistance.
It is also linked with the
OMCT
The World Organisation Against Torture (''Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture''; OMCT) is the world's largest coalition of non-governmental organisations fighting against arbitrary detention, torture, summary and extrajudicial executions, f ...
and is a member organisation of the
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE).
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is also active in the rights of
asylum seeker
An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country and applies for asylum (i.e., international protection) in that other country. An asylum seeker is an immigrant who has been forcibly displaced and mi ...
s, condition of people detained, the
stateless and people residing in foreign countries in need of legal assistance.
References
External links
HHC Official Site
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1989 establishments in Hungary
Human rights organisations based in Hungary
Organizations established in 1989