Migrant Integration Policy Index, Hungary
errc.orgThe European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is an international public interest law organisation engaging in a range of activities aimed at combating anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma. The approach of the ERRC involves, in particular, strategic litigation, international advocacy, research and policy development, and training of Romani activists. The ERRC is a cooperating member of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and has consultative status with the Council of Europe, as well as with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
www.helsinki.hu/eng/indexm.htmlThe Hungarian Helsinki Committee monitors the enforcement in Hungary of human rights enshrined in international human rights instruments, provides legal defence to victims of human rights abuses by state authorities and informs the public about rights violations. The HHC strives to ensure that domestic legislation guarantee the consistent implementation of human rights norms. The HHC promotes legal education and training in fields relevant to its activities, both in Hungary and abroad. The HHC's main areas of activities are centred on protecting the rights of asylum seekers and foreigners in need of international protection, as well as monitoring the human rights performance of law enforcement agencies and the judicial system. It particularly focuses on the conditions of detention and the effective enforcement of the right to defence and equality before the law.
www.autonomia.hu/english/intro.htmlAutonómia Foundation (AA) was founded in 1990, at the beginning of Hungary's transition to democracy. Its mission has been to contribute to the emergence and support of the non-profit sector, through a number of different programs, with a special focus on the Roma community. This has been achieved through support to local civil initiatives, which mobilize also the resources of the community.
www.mtaki.hu/english/index.htmlThe Research Institute of Ethnic and National Minorities has the primary objective to carry out complex and interdisciplinary studies on the situation of the Hungarian and Roma minorities in the Central and Eastern European region, as well as the non-Hungarian minorities in Hungary, involving the fields of contemporary history, sociology, anthropology, sociolinguistics, law and political science. The Institute pursues basic research in the topics of changing languages and identities, models of minority self-government, minority institutions, interethnic relations and conflicts, as well as migration processes.
menedek.ispman.hu/enThe Menedék Hungarian Association for Migrants´s mission is the social representation of people in international migration (applicants, refugees, foreign employees and immigrants) as well as promoting their legal, social and cultural integration.
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Human Rights Documents on Refugees and Migrants
Human Rights Conventions Overview
Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, 2005
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, 1995
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965