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3. Cooperation between the NPM and civil society organizations
In his response, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights informed the
participants that, in the course of the last two years, he had already notified
the Curia’s competent analytic workgroup of the problems mentioned by
the participants, requesting the judicial body to put them on its agenda.
3.3.
Additional cooperation with civil society organizations
On March 08, 2016, the Head of the Department had a meeting with the
representative of the Association for the Human Rights and the Protection of
Detainees in Hungary, during which they concluded a working agreement.
On October 04, 2016, the Head of the Department consulted with the
representatives of the MDAC. During the meeting, they reviewed the
possibilities of joint inspection of places of detention and other forms of
cooperation.
On November 02, 2016, in order to prepare visits to places of detention
suggested by the MDAC, the members of the NPM’s visiting delegation held
consultations with the MDAC’s representatives.
On November 24, 2016, two psychologist members of the Department
participated in a training organized by the civil organization Cordelia Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, entitled “Torture and Trauma
in Asylum Policies: Issues of Identification, Documentation and Proceedings,” the
objective of which was to facilitate the early detection and identification of
refugees who have gone through torture or any other trauma.
On December 05, 2016, representatives of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee had an exchange of experiences with the competent members of the
Department regarding the visit to the Central Holding Facility of the Budapest Metropolitan Police Headquarters.
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