Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Magyar Helsinki Bizottság
EU Transparency Register
496227428572-68 First registered on 06 Oct 2017
Goals / Remit
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC), founded in 1989, is a non-governmental watchdog organization that protects human dignity and the rule of law through legal and public advocacy methods.
Main EU files targeted
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee follows all policies and legislative files in the areas of asylum, criminal justice, law enforcement, equal treatment, hate crime, the justice system, freedom of assembly and civil society, and those policies and legislative files that focus on rule of law in Hungary.
Address
Head Office
20 Dohány street
Budapest 1074
HUNGARYEU Office
20 Dohány street
Budapest 1074
HUNGARYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
- European Association for the Defense of Human Rights (AEDH): http://aedh.eu/
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE): https://www.ecre.org/
- European Implementation Network (EIN): http://european-implementation.net/
- European Network on Statelessness (ENS): http://www.statelessness.eu/
- International Detention Coalition (IDC): https://idcoalition.org/
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH): https://www.fidh.org/
- JUSTICIA European Rights Network (JUSTICIA): http://eujusticia.net/
- Legal Experts Advisory Panel (LEAP): https://www.fairtrials.org/fair-trials-defenders/legal-experts/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
2,089,055€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants, Public funding, EU funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution European Union (various sources) 244,312€ Contribution Oak Foundation 345,972€ Contribution Sigrid Rausing Trust 316,953€ Contribution UN High Commissioner for Refugees 317,916€ Grant EACEA 118,569€ Other financial info
For a detailed breakdown of sources of income in 2023, see https://helsinki.hu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2023-bevetelek.pdf
The detailed financial report in Hungarian, complete with an independent audit report, submitted to the Court Registry: https://helsinki.hu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2023.evi_merleg_auditjelentessel_.pdf
For past financial reports and activities reports, please visit:
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Our most recent communication activities, policy papers and research materials related to these topics can be found on our website.
Asylum: https://helsinki.hu/en/activities/refugee-and-migrant-rights/
Rule of law: https://helsinki.hu/en/activities/rule-of-law/
Law enforcement and criminal justice: https://helsinki.hu/en/activities/justice/
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee publishes its annual reports on its activities in English as well on its website: https://helsinki.hu/en/about/annual-reports/
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee maintains the Refugee Law Reader, a comprehensive, free online model curriculum for the study of the complex and rapidly evolving field of international asylum and refugee law. The Refugee Law Reader is available in
- English: http://refugeelawreader.org/en/
- French: http://refugeelawreader.org/fr/
- Russian: http://refugeelawreader.org/ru/
- Spanish: http://refugeelawreader.org/es/
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is also active on Facebook (in Hungarian): https://www.facebook.com/helsinkibizottsag/
on Twitter (X) (in English): https://twitter.com/hhc_helsinki
on Linkedin (in English): https://www.linkedin.com/company/hungarian-helsinki-committee/
and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magyar_helsinki_bizottsag/
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee also maintains a blog (in Hungarian): https://helsinkifigyelo.444.hu/Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
6 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 27 Jun 2024 Location Brussels Subject Rule of law Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Attending - Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2024 Location Brussels Subject HU sovereignty law Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Attending - Ivana McDowell (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2024 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on the rule of law and the EU budget Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Attending - Johannes Noack (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Challenges for the civil societies Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Dec 2019 Location Budapest Subject Discussions on the New Pact on Migration Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on the current situation with NGOs in Hungary Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
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