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Hungary - OPCAT Situation

Updated 08.05.2013

Hungary ratified the OPCAT in 2012, with a declaration under the Article 24 (OPCAT), postponing the establishment of its NPM for a few years.

Nevertheless, it decided to designate its Ombudsperson's Office as NPM, through amendments to the Ombudsperson's Act. It is foreseen that the NPM will start its operations and be effective in 2015.

The SPT member Malcolm Evans is the SPT Focal Point for Hungary.

Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification January 12, 2012
OPCAT Ratification comment

Accession with a declaration under Article 24, Part IV of the OPCAT (NPM designation deferred)

UNCAT Ratification April 15, 1987
NPM Designated

Commissioner for Fundamental Rights (effective as of 2015)

NPM Type

National Human Rights Institution

NPM Legal Framework

Act CXI of 2011 on the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights (Chapter III/A)

Information
Population 9 976 062
Area (sq km) 93 028
Number of prisons 33
Prison population 16 328
Quick links

CAT: Concluding Observations (February 2007)

CPT Visit: Report (March 2009)

UPR: Report of the Working Group (July 2011)