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Annex 3 – Full text of the Ombudsman Act
Act CXI of 2011 on the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights247
In the interest of ensuring the effective, coherent and most comprehensive
protection of fundamental rights and in order to implement the Fundamental Law, Parliament hereby adopts the following Act pursuant to paragraph
(5) of Article 30 of the Fundamental Law:
CHAPTER I
General provisions
1. The tasks and competences of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights
and of his/her Deputies
Section 1248 – The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall–in addition to
his/her tasks and competences specified in the Fundamental Law–perform the tasks and exercise the competences laid down in this Act.
(2) In the course of his/her activities the Commissioner for Fundamental
Rights shall pay special attention, especially by conducting proceedings ex officio, to the protection of
a) the rights of the child,
b) the values determined in Article P of the Fundamental Law (hereinafter referred to as “the interests of future generations”),
c) the rights determined in Article XXIX of the Fundamental Law (hereinafter referred to as “the rights of nationalities living in Hungary”), and
d) the rights of the most vulnerable social groups.
(3)249 In the course of his/her activities the Commissioner for Fundamental
Rights shall–especially by conducting proceedings ex officio–pay special attention to assisting, protecting and supervising the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
promulgated by Act XCII of 2007.
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Promulgated on July 26, 2011
Shall enter into force with the text specified in Section 6, Subsection (1) of Act CXLIII of 2011
Shall enter into force with the text specified in Section 6, Subsection (2) of Act CXLIII of 2011
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