Office of the commissioner for fundamental rights of hungary

With a view to providing direct support to people fleeing the war in Ukraine, the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights has opened a temporary regional office at the Záhony railway station today. The staff members of the OCFR, which is a National Human Rights Institution accredited by the UN, will provide administrative assistance and legal counselling to the persons turning to them, and they will also contribute to the humanitarian relief efforts.

On 3 March 2022, Commissioner for Fundamental Rights Dr. Ákos Kozma held an online meeting with Dr. Andreas Pottakis, Greek Ombudsman and European Regional President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), about the situation of the Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war.

On 1 March 2022, Ombudsman Dr. Ákos Kozma was briefed personally at the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Police Headquarters in Nyíregyháza on the circumstances of receiving the persons fleeing from the war in Ukraine and the further possibilities of providing more efficient help to them.

Commissioner for Fundamental Rights dr. Ákos Kozma held a professional briefing at the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Police Headquarters in Nyíregyháza on 24 February 2022. The Ombudsman announced the commencement of a comprehensive monitoring activity of the work of the school guards serving in the county, with regard to the enforcement of fundamental rights.

Dr. Ákos Kozma held a presentation on the ombudsman’s role in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities at the conference organised by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Uzbek ombudsman institution on 23 February 2022.

Ombudsman dr. Ákos Kozma held a professional briefing about the comprehensive monitoring activity performed by the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights (AJBH) regarding the work of the school guards serving in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, with regard to the enforcement of fundamental rights. The briefing was held at the County Police Headquarters in Miskolc on 17 February 2022.