HUNGARY | 6th Newsletter on the situation on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border

In his current newsletter edition, the Hungarian Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, Dr. Ákos Kozma, focuses on the war in the Ukraine and he calls for solidarity and the protection of human rights.

In order to provide direct help to the refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights opened a new information point at the BOK Sports Hall (Budapest Olympic Centre) on 29 March 2022.

From now on, the staff members of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, which is a National Human Rights Institution accredited by the United Nations, can provide administrative and legal assistance to those turning to them at the humanitarian transit point set up by the Government in Budapest (in addition to Záhony and Beregsurány), while assisting in the humanitarian relief efforts of the capital.

Ombudsman Dr. Ákos Kozma considers it of key importance that the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights provide direct legal and humanitarian assistance to as many people as possible in these extraordinary times.

On 31 March 2022, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights received in his Office Chief Ombudsman of Turkey, Mr. Şeref Malkoç, and Ombudsman for the Rights of Women and Children, Ms. Celile Özlem Tunçak.

During the meeting, Dr. Ákos Kozma gave information about the current situation at the Hungarian–Ukrainian border, after which the participants visited the information point of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights recently opened in the BOK Sports Hall. Following that, the Turkish delegation paid a visit to the OCFR regional offices in Miskolc and Debrecen, where Dr. Ákos Kozma presented the operation of the offices and the experience gained there so far.

To read the full Newsletter, please see the PDF document in the dowload section below.

Source: Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, Hungary