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.

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Invitation to Court: Journalist vs. Hungarian Privatization and State Holding Company

Nóra Somlyódi, journalist of Magyar Narancs has initiated a lawsuit against the Hungarian Privatization and State Holding Company for denying access to public interest data on the Experimental Economic Holding Company of Herceghalom.

Cops say legalize drugs! Part 2.

HCLU's movie on the veterans of the war on drugs - the speakers of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) - PART 2.

Cops say legalize drugs! Part 1.

HCLU's movie on the veterans of the war on drugs - the speakers of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) - PART 1.

Sober Drug Policy!

The HCLU, the Hungarian Society on Addictions and the Hungarian Harm Reduction Association have launched a campaign for the reform of the Penal Code.

Invitation to Press Conference

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union and the Hungarian Society on Addictions (MAT) cordially invites you to their joint press conference on the amendment of the Penal Code’s paragraphs relating to drugs.

Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch at the DPA conference

Presentation at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference, New Orleans, December 6, 2007.