Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union is a human rights NGO. Since our foundation in 1994, we have been working for everybody being informed about their fundamental human rights and empowered to enforce it against the undue interference by those in position of public power.

our focus areas & news

Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever

HIV Experts and activist from all around the world explain why human rights are so important in the fight against the HIV epidemic.

Россия, метадон и международное право / Russia, Methadone and the International Law

Венгерский Союз Гражданских Свобод (HCLU) представляет полные версии трёх презентаций международных и российских экспертов в сфере правового анализа недоступности метадона в России, представленных на Московской конференции по вопросам ВИЧ/СПИДа в 2009 году. / The HCLU presents three uncut presentations from the 2009 Moscow AIDS conference by international and Russian experts on the legal analysis of the unavailability of methadone in Russia.

Russia and Methadone: Breaking the Ice

Russia is under strong international pressure to introduce opiate substitution treatment - watch our video and take action!

Government agrees to back mega-project in Hungary despite concerns about transparency - Anti-corruption NGOs have turned to Joaquín Almunia

Some of Hungary's major anti-corruption NGOs have turned to EU Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia. The NGOs are concerned about a giant project financed with state aid and therefore urged the Prime Minister to immediately suspend the 'murky' 130 mn EUR investment, financed by an EU fund and the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB). Gordon Bajnai, Prime Minister of Hungary finally ordered the Ministry of National Development and Economy to make the feasibility study of the project public.

68 videos for the Human Rights and HIV/AIDS Now More than Ever Campaign

The campaign calls for the endorsement of the Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever joint statement on the website http://hivhumanrightsnow.org/

Clean Needles Save Lives - Needle Exchange in the US

Needle exchange programs in the US - watch our movie to learn how harm reduction protects communities from death and disease!