6.1. Reception
the contents of information on behavioral guidelines, and the ways and
means of maintaining contact with the guards and the relatives.
6.2.
The material conditions of detention
The visiting delegations inspect the premises of the places of detention, their
furnishing, and equipment. They examine the size of the facilities used by
the detainees, the size of their living space, the natural lighting conditions
and ventilation of the facilities, their furnishing, access to potable water and
the restrooms, the conditions of staying in the open air, the condition of sanitary units and community spaces, and the provision of meals.
6.3.
Vulnerable groups
In performing my activities, I have to pay special attention to protecting
the rights of the child and the nationalities living in Hungary, to facilitating and monitoring the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and to the protection of the
rights of society ’ most vulnerable groups.80 Since the performance of the
NPM’s tasks is also governed by this obligation, visiting delegations pay
extra attention to the prevention of the ill-treatment of women, foreigners, young adults, LGBT, and persons deprived of their liberty who are in
need of medical care.
6.4.
Healthcare
In Hungary, “everyone shall have the right to physical and mental health.”81 Each
patient “shall have a right, within the frameworks provided for by law, to appropriate and continuously accessible health care justified by his health condition, without
any discrimination.”82
Medical services available to persons deprived of their liberty, i.e., medical care, nursing, necessary diet, therapeutic appliances and equipment,
rehabilitation or any other special form of treatment, shall be provided
under the same conditions as they are provided in general to the members
of society. The barrier-free accessibility, furnishing, and equipment, medi80
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See Section 1, Subsections (1) through (3) of the Ombudsman Act.
See Article XX, Paragraph (1) of the Fundamental Law.
See Section 7, Subsection (1) of Act CLIV of 1997 on Healthcare.
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