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The Head of the Department found it ethical that the response of the inspected organ would be
published together with the Helsinki Committee’s report. Austria has a similar practice; however, in
practice, it significantly delays the report’s publication. In Hungary, as a general rule, the summaries of
the inspection reports and the comprehensive annual report have to be published in English as well.
Translating the responses of the inspected organs into English would present an even greater challenge
to the Office.
The General Secretary thanked those present for their participation and voiced his hope that the NPM
could count on their support in the future as well.
3.3. The establishment of the second Civil Consultative Body
The mandate of the CCB, established in 2014 for three years, expired on November 19, 2017. On
October 19, 2017, the NPM published a public call for application for the membership of the new CCB
on the website and the social media pages of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights,
as well as in the weekly newsletter prepared and distributed by the Non-profit Information and
Training Center Foundation, containing information relevant to the day-to-day operation of civil
organizations operating in the country.82 The deadline for submitting the applications was November
20, 2017.
In recognition of their prominent expertise in the field of dealing with detainees and our joint work
during the last three years, I re-extended my invitation to the Hungarian Medical Chamber, the
Hungarian Psychiatric Association, the Hungarian Dietetic Association, and the Hungarian Bar
Association.
Responding to my call, by the indicated deadline, four civil society organizations, namely the Cordelia
Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the
Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, and the Validity Foundation (formerly the MDAC) had submitted
their applications. Since all of them met the criteria specified in the call, they all became members of the
new CCB.
3.4. Further cooperation with civil organizations
Name of the civil organization
Form of cooperation
Hungarian Psychiatric Association,
Lélekben Otthon Foundation
Preparing a patients’ rights leaflet, designing the poster
entitled “Why am I here and how long do I have to stay?” for
patients in emergency psychiatric care
Adj Hangot Association
Prison radio interview (May 18, 2017)
Unified Social, Health-, and Childcare
Institution of Miskolc
Lecture on drug issues in prison (May 21, 2017)
“Terre des hommes-Lausanne”
Regional Office in Hungary
Expert interview on juvenile marginalization (August
14, 2017)
Hintalovon Children’s Rights
Foundation
Expert interview on juvenile marginalization
(September 8, 2017)
The call for application was published in the newsletter on four occasions, on October 26, November 2, November 8, and November
15, 2017
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