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null DR. ÁKOS KOZMA ATTENDS DCAF ICOAF CONFERENCE

DR. ÁKOS KOZMA ATTENDS DCAF ICOAF CONFERENCE

On 3 October 2022, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary took part in the 14th International Conference of Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces (ICOAF) of the Switzerland-based Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) in Oslo, Norway, to which event he was accompanied by Police Complaints Director Dr. Domonkos Wildner. At the conference, Dr. Ákos Kozma provided information on the activity performed by the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights related to the refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, the experience gained from the operation of the temporary ombudsman offices set up at the Hungarian-Ukrainian border, with special regard to the monitoring the activities of the law enforcement bodies serving at the border.

At the meeting, the participants reviewed the fundamental rights-related activities of the different ombudsman institutions with regard to the armed forces, furthermore, they also discussed the possible forms of cooperation between the ombudsmen also involved in the monitoring of law enforcement organisations. 


 

In the focus of the activities of DCAF, one can find democratic control based on the rule of law, the protection of human rights, local involvement, as well as impartiality, i.e. the promotion of democracy without taking a stand on political issues. Since its foundation in 2000, the organisation has supported projects in more than eighty countries and has provided consultancy services to national and international partners alike. Hungary joined DCAF in 2000.   
 
 

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2022. October. 03.

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