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.
On 30 Nov, 2006 the court’s judgment was made in favor of HCLU, representing Peter Marinov, former leader of ÓVÁS! Association against the 7. District.
The Hungarian President of the Republic has referred the draft of the Act on ’Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security’ with his comments, to the Hungarian Parliament for reconsideration.
HCLU is appealing to the Constitutional Court requesting to eliminate the rule passed in late October, 2006.
A new draft law titled ‘governmental structure changes related law modifications’ was presented by the Government on 3 Nov, 2006.
HCLU examined statute-proposal number: T/1093 which is part of the health care reform plan submitted to Parliament by the Ministry of Health and found it rather disturbing on several points.
On 7 Nov, 2006 the Court of the Capitol obligated the Budapest Police Department (BPD) to let HCLU access the data requested in May, 2004.