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10. Dialogue on the measures taken by the NPM
Headquarters of Budapest informed me that at the time of the refurbishment of the Holding Facility, the changing rooms and community rooms of
the staff would also be renewed.
10.3.5. The custody unit of the 14th District Police Department
of the Metropolitan Police Headquarters of Budapest229
I proposed, to the head of the Metropolitan Police Headquarters of Budapest, that the custody unit of the 14th district police department of the Metropolitan Police Headquarters of Budapest (hereinafter the Police Department) be refurbished, furthermore, I requested the head of the Police Department to ensure the appropriate cleaning of the premises of the custody
unit. The head of the Metropolitan Police Headquarters of Budapest contacted the National Police Headquarters to ask for the financial resources
required for the refurbishment of the custody unit, and also, he informed
me that they would pay special attention to the cleaning of the custody unit
of the Police Department in the future.
I requested the head of the Metropolitan Police Headquarters of Budapest to ensure that the staff of the police department subordinated to them
do not apply the rules of admission to holding facilities in the case of apprehended persons. In order to follow a lawful and uniform practice for the
inspection of clothing, the head of the Metropolitan Police Headquarters
of Budapest issued an order in which he stipulated that the inspection of
clothes cannot involve taking off the underwear of a person whose personal freedom is restricted.230 As long as the clothes inspection including
that of underwear is justified by the circumstances, this can only be done
while the underwear is on the detainee’s body.
Related to exercising the right to notifying the detainee’s relative or a
third person, I was informed by the head of the Metropolitan Police Headquarters of Budapest that in the case of apprehended persons, the police
fully comply with 231 the provisions set out in Section 18(1) of Act XXXIV of
1994 on the Police (hereinafter the Police Act). I called his attention to that
the right to notifying the detainee’s relative or a third person without delay
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Report No. AJB 1522/2018.
Section 13 of Budapest Police Headquarters order No. 21/2018 (VI. 7.) on the Rules and Operation
of the Custody Units of Bodies Subordinated to the Budapest Police Headquarters.
Pursuant to the provision of Section 18 (1) of the Police Act effective at the time of the
visit (06.12.2016): “The detainee shall be given the opportunity to notify his relative or another
person, provided that this does not threaten the fulfilment of the goal of the measure. If the detainee
is not in the position to use this right, this notification obligation will be fulfilled by the police. If
the detainee is under legal age or under guardianship, his legal representative or guardian shall
be notified without delay.”
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