Office of the commissioner for fundamental rights of hungary

The modernisation of the Balassagyarmat-based Ipolypart Fészek Children’s Home was completed as part of the ombudsman’s children’s home renovation programme. Similarly to the previous years, this year, it was again the National Headquarters of the Hungarian Prison Service (BVOP) and the state forestry companies, including Ipoly Erdő Zrt that took part in the refurbishment of the building. In the delivery of the revamped building, Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma, State Secretary for Forests and Land Affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture Mr. Péter Zambó, as well as the representatives of the National Headquarters of the Hungarian Prison Service took part.

Dr. Ákos Kozma participated in and gave a talk at the conference entitled “Human rights – An important factor of the sustainable development of states” in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 23 February 2024. Digitalisation, disability, equal opportunities and the role of National Preventive Mechanisms were some of the key topics of the international conference co-organised by the Uzbek Ombudsman, and among others, by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as well as the specialized organs of the UN.

Dr. Ákos Kozma held a professional meeting at the County Police Headquarters in Veszprém. He announced the launching of a comprehensive monitoring activity into the work of school guards serving in the county with regard to the enforcement of fundamental rights on 20 February 2024.

Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma hosted her Excellency, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Hungary Mrs. Karima Kabbaj in his office on 16 February 2024.

Ombudsman Dr. Ákos Kozma held a professional briefing on the comprehensive monitoring activity regarding the work of the school guards serving in the county performed by AJBH with regard to the enforcement of fundamental rights, at the Bács-Kiskun County Police Headquarters in Kecskemét, on 15 February 2024.

Dr. Ákos Kozma and his staff members conducted an on-site inspection at the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Remand Prison on 15 February 2024 in the framework of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) National Preventive Mechanism (NPM).