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(5) The person proposed for Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall be given a
hearing by the committee of Parliament competent according to the tasks of the Deputy
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights.
(6) Deputy Commissioners for Fundamental Rights may be re-elected once.
3. Conflict of interests
Section 8 – (1) The mandate of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and of his/her
Deputies shall be incompatible with any other state, local government, social or political office or
mandate.
(2)157 The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and his/her Deputies may not pursue any
other gainful occupation, nor accept pay for their other activities, with the exception of scientific,
educational, artistic activities, activities falling under copyright protection, or proof-reading or
editing activities.
(3) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and his/her Deputies may not be executive
officers of a business undertaking, members of its supervisory board or such members of a
business undertaking as have an obligation of personal involvement.
4. Declaration of assets
Section 9 – (1) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and his/her Deputies shall make a
declaration of assets, identical in contents to those of Members of Parliament, within thirty days
of their election, then each year till January 31 and within thirty days of the termination of their
mandates.
(2) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and his/her Deputies shall attach to their own
declaration of assets the declaration of assets of their spouse or partner and children living in the
same household (hereinafter referred to together as “family members”), the contents of which
shall be identical to those of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and his/her Deputies.
(3) In the event of failure to make a declaration of assets–until submission of the declaration of
assets–the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and his/her Deputies may not perform the
tasks deriving from their mandate, and may not receive remuneration.
(4) With the exception of the declaration of assets of family members, the declaration of assets
shall be public, and an authentic copy thereof–with the exception of the personal data of family
members–shall be published without delay by the Secretary General of the Office of the
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) on the website of
the Office. The declarations of assets may be removed from the website after a period of one
year following the termination of the mandates of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights or
of his/her Deputies.
(5) The declarations of assets shall be processed by the Secretary General of the Office.
(6) Only the members of the Conflict of Interests Committee of Parliament (hereinafter
referred to as “the Conflict of Interests Committee”) may have access to the declaration of assets
of family members in proceedings related to the declaration of assets of the Commissioner for
Fundamental Rights or of his/her Deputies.
(7) Anyone may initiate proceedings related to the declaration of assets of the Commissioner
for Fundamental Rights or of his/her Deputies by the chairman of the Conflict of Interests
Committee with a statement of facts specifically indicating the contested part and content of the
declaration of assets. If such initiative does not meet the requirements contained in this
subsection, if it is manifestly unfounded or if a repeatedly submitted initiative does not contain
new facts or data, the chairman of the Conflict of Interests Committee shall reject the initiative
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Stipulated by Section 78 of Act CI of 2014 Effective as of January 01, 2015
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