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2.6.3. MEDIA RELATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS
The key professional activities of the Deputy Commissioner can be continuously followed on her homepage
(www.nemzetisegijogok.hu), also available in English, and her
Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ombudsmanhelyettes), detailed information is provided about the major individual and
comprehensive cases concerning the nationalities.
Interview for the Unser Bildschirm
magazine – Budapest
2.7. T
HE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS,
OMBUDSMAN FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS IN THE NATIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL ARENA
2.7.1. ACTIVITIES IN THE NATIONAL ARENA
The focal points of the activities of the Ombudsman for Future
Generations in 2019 are described in detail in Chapter 1.11 of this
report. Furthermore, in addition to interpreting legislation and
jurisprudence, the Commissioner for Future Generations and his
staff members participate in expert meetings, workshops, conferences and working committees, where they gain information
directly on conflicts of interest between present and future generations, as well as the reasons thereof, while strengthening their
Press conference after the annual meeting
of the Ombudsmen of the V4 countries - Bratislava
social and professional relations, and continuously collecting information on the processes and issues concerning the interests of
future generations. Based on this information, the Ombudsman
In 2019, similarly to the previous years, the domestic nationality
media regularly covered the activities of the Deputy Commissioner,
especially in those matters and professional events organised by the
Deputy Commissioner which affected a specific national minority. It
is a positive experience that the news published by the domestic forums are often taken over by the media of the respective mother
countries, thus the activities of the Deputy Commissioner receive
international publicity as well.
In 2019, the Deputy Commissioner received numerous interview
requests, usually in connection with topical nationality-related
issues, including the nationality self-government elections, the
census, the situation of nationality education and training, the
topic of segregation and integration, and the issues relating to the
nationality elections.
In the year under review, the Deputy Commissioner’s communication portfolio, which had been gradually elaborated over the
previous years, became fully available, including her homepage
(nemzetisegijogok.hu), her Facebook page (/ombudsmanhelyettes), and her Twitter account (@MinorityOmbud), where the
most important news and invitations concerning the nationalities, as well as the reports of the events that have already taken
place, along with the civil society projects of the nationalities, are
for Future Generations is able to decide which of the tools at his
disposal he should employ.
The following summary presents the tools used by the
Ombudsman for Future Generations in 2019 under his
statutory mandate.
The Parliament and its specific committees having competence
in environmental issues, the National Council for Sustainable
Development and the National Environmental Council, as well as
the Directorate for Environmental Sustainability of the Office of
the President of the Republic play a prominent role among the professional partners of the Commissioner for Future Generations.
Working contact is regular with the ministerial, administrative
and statutory bodies dealing with the relevant issues. The Deputy
Commissioner maintains continuous working relations with the
Constitutional Court, the Curia and the State Audit Office. There
is a close cooperation with the law faculties of universities, the
institutes and committees of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
and economic and professional advocacy groups. The non-governmental organisations involved in environmental protection
and nature conservation issues are among the key partners of the
Commissioner for Future Generations, and they have elaborated
several joint programmes together.
collected and communicated to the relevant communities and the
members of the mainstream society.
REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF HUNGARY AND HIS DEPUTIES – 2019
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