Annex 3 – Full text of the Ombudsman Act
Section 2 – (1)250 The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall survey
and analyze the situation of fundamental rights in Hungary, and shall
prepare statistics on those infringements of rights in Hungary which
are related to fundamental rights. At the request of the Commissioner
for Fundamental Rights the public administration organ monitoring
the enforcement of the requirement of equal treatment, the National
Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, the Independent Police Complaints Body and the Commissioner for Educational Rights shall supply aggregate data not containing personal data
for the purpose of statistical reports.
(2) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall give an opinion on
the draft legal rules affecting his/her tasks and competences, on long
term development and spatial planning plans and concepts, and on
plans and concepts otherwise directly affecting the quality of life of
future generations, and may make proposals for the amendment or
making of legal rules affecting fundamental rights and/or the expression of consent to be bound by an international treaty.
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(3) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights may initiate at the
Constitutional Court the review of legal rules as to their conformity
with the Fundamental Law, the interpretation of the Fundamental
Law and, within thirty day after their promulgation, the review of the
adherence to the procedural requirements stipulated by the Fundamental Law as regards the adoption and promulgation of the Fundamental Law and its amendments.
(4) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall participate in the
preparation of national reports based on international treaties relating
to his/her tasks and competences, and shall monitor and evaluate the
enforcement of these treaties under Hungarian jurisdiction.
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(5) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall promote the enforcement and protection of fundamental rights. In doing so, he/she shall
engage in social awareness raising and information activities and cooperate with organizations and national institutions aiming at the promotion of the protection of fundamental rights.
(6)253 The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall perform the tasks
related to the national preventive mechanism pursuant to Article 3
of the Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture and other
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Amended by Section 1 of Act CLXXXVI of 2012 and Section 22, Subsection (6) of Act CLXXXIII
of 2013
Stipulated by Section 1 of Act CCXXIII of 2013 Effective as of December 19, 2013
Stipulated by Section 2 of Act CCXXIII of 2013 Effective as of December 19, 2013
Enacted by Section 8 of Act CXLIII of 2011 Effective as of January 01, 2015
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