9 Abbreviations CCB Civil Consultative Body Committee (CAT) UN Committee against Torture CPT European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, promulgated by Act XCII of 2007 Department OPCAT National Preventive Mechanism Department ECHR European Court of Human Rights ELTE Eötvös Loránd University European Convention on Human Rights Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed in Rome on 4 November 1950, promulgated by Act XXXI of 1993 HDG for SACP Hungarian Directorate-General for Social Affairs and Child Protection HNPH Hungarian National Police Headquarters MoHC Ministry of Human Capacities MoI Ministry of Interior MoJ Ministry of Justice MoSFA Decree Minister of Social and Family Affairs Decree 1/2000. (I. 7.) SzCsM on the professional duties of social institutions providing personal care and on the conditions of their operation MPHB Metropolitan Police Headquarters of Budapest NPM National Preventive Mechanism NUPS National University of Public Service Office Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights Ombudsman Act Act CXI of 2011 on the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights OPCAT Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment promulgated by Act CXLIII of 2011 Place of detention Any place under the state’s jurisdiction and control where persons are or may be deprived of their liberty, either by virtue of an order given by a public authority or at its instigation or with its consent or acquiescence (Article 4 of the OPCAT)