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10. The authorities responses to my recommendations
Upon receiving my report on the visit to the GRRC of Debrecen, the Chief of the National
Police Headquarters and the Director General of the Office of Immigration and Nationality
designated the GRRC of Békéscsaba for implementing the asylum detention of married couples
and families with small children. Acting on my recommendation, the Chief of the National Police
Headquarters issued an order stipulating that the proportion of female guards in institutions
designated for implementing alien policing or asylum detention of women and families with small
children should reach 30%. The Director General of the Office of Immigration and Nationality
took the necessary measure to ensure that the playing room was open throughout the day, not
only during joint activity classes, and that the social workers provided leisure activities
appropriate to the detainees.
The Therapeutic House accepted my recommendations and worked out detailed initiatives
specifying deadlines and the persons responsible. Acting on my recommendation, the institution’s
supervisory authority, the General Directorate of Social Affairs and Child Protection conducted
extraordinary inspections in all 69 psychiatric institutions under its supervision and shared the
summary of its conclusions with me. The Ministry of Human Capacities and the Ministry of
Justice made a promise to initiate, taking into account the rights specified in the CRPD, the
amendment of the legislation concerning persons placed under guardianship, regulating the use
of intrauterine contraceptive devices and sterilization.
As a result of the visit to the children’s home, I initiated several legislative amendments. In my
report, I emphasized the necessity of the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on the
Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse – in the meantime, with the
adoption of Act XCII of 2015, the Convention was incorporated into the Hungarian legal system.
In the interest of placing chronically ill or seriously disabled children with foster parents, I
proposed the amendment of Act XXXI of 1997 on the Protection of Children and the
Administration of Guardianship.
As a result of my report on the Merényi Gusztáv Hospital, in September 2015, the Office of the
State Minister for Parliament at the Ministry of Human Capacities indicated that from the Force
Majeure Fund of the Ministry HUF 40 million had been allocated to infrastructural investments,
and the disbursement of the amount had begun. In my reply, I voiced my concern to the MoHC
and the National Healthcare Service Center as supervisory authorities in connection with the
renovation. I drew the attention of the parties concerned to the fact that, in the course of the
renovation of the Closed Psychiatric Ward, special care must be taken over ensuring adequate per
capita living space and the number of staff members provided for by the legislation.
The MoHC promised to take the necessary measures in order to separate juvenile psychiatric
patient from the adult patients.
The head of the Merényi Gusztáv Hospital accepted the majority of my recommendations;
however, I find it unacceptable that he set a “continuous” deadline instead of a fixed one for
implementing my recommendation regarding the increase in the number of staff members.
Acting on my recommendation, the Director General of the Hungarian Prison Service ordered
the on-site inspection of the Juvenile Penitentiary Institution. He also ordered the revision of the
Institution’s personnel chart in order to provide more psychologist and physician positions. The
Institution was granted and additional psychologist position. Furthermore, he ordered to draft a
plan for the possible fitting up and expansion of the lockup unit. He instructed the Warden of
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