Office of the commissioner for fundamental rights of hungary

At the invitation of Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma, Polish Ombudsman Marcin Wiącek arrived in Hungary on 24 May 2023.

At the invitation of Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma, this year’s international conference of the Turkic States Ombudsman Association was held in Hungary. In the framework of the first TÜRKOMB meeting held in Hungary, the ombudspersons of the Republic of Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan got first-hand information on the direct legal and humanitarian support provided to the persons fleeing the war in Ukraine by the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary in Beregsurány. During the several-day visit, the members of the Turkic delegation were provided information on the operation of the regional offices of AJBH (the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary) in Debrecen and they held coordination talks, among others, with President of the Constitutional Court Dr. Tamás Sulyok, State Secretary for Security Policy and Energy Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Dr. Péter Sztáray, as well as with the heads of police and prison services.

On 15 May 2023, Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma hosted Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Abdrashov Zhanibek in his office.

The Disability Directorate of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary commenced its activities in Debrecen. Since 1 January 2023, the Ombudsman has been performing the tasks of the independent mechanism of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), so beyond the activities that we have performed in this field to date, now we also help, protect and control the enforcement of the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities directly, as was stressed by Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma at the inauguration ceremony of the new office in Debrecen on 3 May 2023. The Disability Directorate moved to a new, larger, barrier-free building together with the Office’s Debrecen Field Office.

On 2 May 2023, the First Secretary of Uzbekistan’s Embassy in Hungary Mr. Sherzod Narzullaev was received by Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma in his office.

On 2 May 2023, Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma hosted the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Hungary Ms. C. Gülşen Karanis Ekşioğlu in his office.