71 Annex 4 – Full text of the Ombudsman Act Act CXI of 2011 on the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights137 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 1138 – 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)139 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. Section 2 – (1)140 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. Promulgated on July 26, 2011 Shall enter into force with the text specified in Section 6, Subsection (1) of Act CXLIII of 2011 139 Shall enter into force with the text specified in Section 6, Subsection (2) of Act CXLIII of 2011 140 Amended by Section 1 of Act CLXXXVI of 2012 and Section 22, Subsection (6) of Act CLXXXIII of 2013 137 138

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