Office of the commissioner for fundamental rights of hungary

Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma and Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, Ombudsman for the Rights of National Minorities Dr. Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay launched a joint inquiry in 2023, in order to get a comprehensive view of the national minority-related contents of the cultural institutions. As part of this inquiry, several on-site visits took place in the past few months, where the regulatory frameworks and the possible ways of the practical implementation of the rules were discussed, among others. On 17-18 June 2024, invited by the Slovenian community, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary and the Deputy Commissioner for the Rights of National Minorities paid a visit to Vas County, where they first of all got acquainted with the cultural values of the Slovenian and Croatian national minorities and also visited the main cultural institutions of these communities. During the visit, the Ombudsman and his deputy conducted professional coordination talks with the elected leaders and cultural experts of the Slovenian community, as well as the staff members of the museums.

On 10 June 2024, the Civil Consultative Body (CCB) supporting the work of the OPCAT National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) held a meeting, in which Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma also took part.

The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary hosted the experts of the European Commission monitoring the management of the external Schengen borders of the EU in his Office on 4 June 2024.

Dr. Ákos Kozma paid an official visit to Sofia on 29 May 2024, where he held meetings with Chairperson of the Commission for Protection against Discrimination, i.e. CPD of the Republic of Bulgaria, Assoc. Prof. Ms. Ana Djumalieva and Deputy Chairperson of the Bulgarian State Agency for Child Protection, i.e. SACP Ms. Ivayla Kasarova, among others.

Dr. Ákos Kozma held a professional meeting at the Nógrád County Police Headquarters in Salgótarján. 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 27 May 2024.

Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Dr. Ákos Kozma delivered a Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum award to Bishop of the Szeged-Csanád Diocese Dr. László Kiss-Rigó on 13 May 2024.