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information that may save countless lives, or to elicit a confession for a
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focus on some of the methods of torture, like fear, extreme temperatures,
starvation, thirst, sleep deprivation, suffocation, or immersion in freezing
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ARCHIVES *** Council of Europe
anti-torture Committee announces periodic visits to eight countries in 2023 European Committee
for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment CPT, 27 July 2022 [accessed 28 July
2022] The European
Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (CPT) has announced today its 2023 programme
of periodic visits. The Committee
intends to examine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the
following countries: Albania, Armenia,
Cyprus, Hungary, Luxembourg, Malta, North Macedonia, and the Slovak Republic. Council of Europe
anti-torture Committee publishes report on Hungary Executive Summary,
17 March 2020 [accessed 31 May
2020] As regards immigration
issues, the delegation found that nothing had been done since the CPT’s 2017
ad hoc visit to put in place effective safeguards to prevent ill-treatment of
persons returned by Hungarian police officers through
the border fence towards
Serbia. It was
also clear from
the information provided by the Hungarian authorities during the 2018
visit that there are still no legal remedies
capable of offering
such persons effective
protection against their
forced removal and/or refoulement,
including chain refoulement. 2020 Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices: Hungary U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, 30 March 2021 www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/hungary/
[accessed 22 July
2021] TORTURE AND OTHER
CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT The constitution
and law prohibit such practices, but there were reports that inhuman and
degrading treatment and abuse sometimes occurred. Nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) noted that the investigation of cases of mistreatment
was often inefficient, the success rate of holding officials accountable for
alleged mistreatment through indictments and prosecutions was low, and in
some cases law enforcement officials (such as police officers and
penitentiary staff) who were sentenced to suspended imprisonment for
committing criminal offenses involving the mistreatment of detainees were
permitted to continue working. PRISON AND DETENTION
CENTER CONDITIONS There has been no
independent NGO monitoring of police detention centers and prisons since
2017, when authorities terminated monitoring agreements with NGOs. Conclusions and
recommendations of the Committee against Torture U.N. Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- Doc. CAT/C/HUN/CO/4 (2007) www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cat/observations/hungary2007.html [accessed 1 March
2013] Prompt and
impartial investigations 16. The Committee
is concerned at the number of reports of ill-treatment by law enforcement
agencies, the limited number of investigations carried out by the State party
in such cases, and the very limited number of convictions in those cases
which are investigated (arts. 12 and 16) The State party
should: (a) Strengthen its
measures to ensure prompt, impartial and effective investigations into all
allegations of torture and ill‑treatment committed by law enforcement
officials. In particular, such
investigations should not be undertaken by or under the authority of the
police, but by an independent body. In connection with prima facie cases of
torture and ill-treatment, the suspect should be subject to suspension or
reassignment during the process of investigation, especially if there is a
risk that he or she might impede the investigation; (b) Try the
perpetrators and impose appropriate sentences on those convicted in order to
eliminate the de facto impunity for law enforcement personnel who are
responsible for violations prohibited by the Convention. Search … AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL For current
articles:: Search Amnesty
International Website www.amnesty.org/en/search/?q=hungary+torture&ref=&year=&lang=en&adv=1&sort=relevance [accessed 2 January 1, 2019] Scroll
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EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61652.htm [accessed 31 January
2013] 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61652.htm [accessed 4 July
2019] TORTURE
AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT – The law prohibits
such practices; however, police used excessive force, beat, and harassed
suspects, particularly Roma. The number of police abuse reports rose
slightly, although observers attributed this increase to greater public
willingness to report abuse. In the first half of the year 34 police officers
were charged with assault and 6 others were charged with "forced
interrogations." NGOs estimated that approximately half of the police
abuse cases involved Romani victims. For example, in
June police officers in Tolna County severely beat
a Romani man after taking him into custody for making threats. Two days later
the police went to his brother's home, beat his brother, causing several
broken ribs, and threatened his brother's family. The government initiated an
investigation into the five police officers involved. In August a Romani
man and his two non-Romani friends reported that a local sheriff of Szany and two of the sheriff's relatives beat them after a
complaint that the three youths were making excessive noise. Reportedly, the
parents of the Romani boy also suffered physical abuse when they went to the
sheriff to inquire about the incident. A hospital report concluded that the
father, who suffers from brain cancer and epilepsy, had suffered oxygen
deprivation and a rib contusion. Both the county prosecution investigations
office and the national Roma self‑government were investigating the
incident at year's end. All
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