| SUMMARY |
| In Hungary, the
Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, the Deputy Commissioner covers
children’s issues and there is a small specialist staff |
| CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Name of Office (In
National Language) |
Orszaggyulési Biztosok Hivatala |
| Name of Office (In
English) |
Parliamentary Commissioner’s
Office |
| Postal Address |
Nádor u. 22.
H-1051
Budapest
Hungary |
| Visiting Address |
None |
| Telephone |
+36 1 475 7124 |
| Fax |
+36 1 269 3546 |
| Email address |
takacs@obh.hu |
| WWW |
www.obh.hu |
| Title of Ombudsman |
Parliamentary Commisioner for
Civil Rights/General Deputy of the Parliamentary Commisioner for Civil Rights |
| Name of Ombudsman |
Dr. Katalin Gonczol
Dr. Peter Polt
Mr. Albert Takacs |
| Name of contact
person for ENOC |
Dr. Peter Polt
Julia Szilagyi |
| OFFICE SIZE AND STRUCTURE |
| Number of staff members |
4 |
Dr. Zsuzanna Agoston
Dr. Eszter Almasi
Dr. Judit Mizerak
Dr. Miklos Gamramvari |
| List of staff
members and functions |
There is not special
ombudsman for children’s rights. Two ombudsmen are engaged in general human rights:
the parliamentary commissioner for human rights and the deputy ombudsman. They are elected
by the National Assembly. According to the division of labour between the two of them,
generally the deputy ombudsman is engaged in children’s rights matters.
Number of total professional staff/without the specialized ombudsmen: 64.
Number of maintenance staff: 38 |
| Summary of annual
Budget |
Budget for 1997:
Personal allowances
Social insurance rate
Employers rate
Material expenditure
Costs of Investment
Total |
206.2 Mill. Ft.
8.6 Mill. Ft.
6.4 Mill. Ft.
110.9 Mill. Ft.
19.0 Mill. Ft.
419.1 Mill. Ft. |
| Principal sources
of funding |
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| HISTORY OF THE OFFICE |
| Date the office was established |
30th June 1995 |
| Initiator of the Ombudsman
office |
LIX Law, 1993
LXXVII Law, 1993
LXIII Law, 1992 |
| Steps Involved in
establishing office |
Election of
Ombudsmen: 30.06.95
Establishment of the Office started by 1 November
The structure was defined in the provisional organizational statutes. Since the
headquarters were received from the government only by 01.01.1996 the number of staff
could be increased stepwise.
By the end of 1995 there were 43 coworkers to deal with 7459 requests |
| Major changes in
structure, focus and activities |
| None |
| Legislation
establishing the office |
|
| Terms of reference
or Mission Statement |
|
| AIMS AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES |
| Action with
Children |
 | Direct consultations with individual children |
| Telephone hotline |
| Community meetings with groups of children |
| By correspondence |
|
| Activities Office
undertakes |
| Influencing policy development at national level |
| Influencing policy development at local/community level |
| Monitoring the impact of laws/policies on children |
| Monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child |
| Individual casework |
|
| Areas of greatest
experience |
| The school system |
| Local and municipal government |
|
| Principle themes of
the current year |
| Protection from all forms of violence |
| Sexual exploitation |
| Children in institutions |
| Disabled children |
| Education - Closing down of schools |
|
| EVALUATIONS/STUDIES |
| Evaluation of the
effectiveness/impact of the office |
| The short English
version of the regular annual reports is available |
| Other publications
or studies available |
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