Legal source(s)

• Primary source:
• Act CXI of 2011 on the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights (2011. évi CXI. törvény az alapvető jogok biztosáról)
• Additional sources:
• Act XCII of 2007 on the Promulgation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (a 2007. évi XCII. törvénnyel kihirdetett, a Fogyatékossággal élő személyek jogairól szóló egyezmény)
• Act CXLIII of 2011 on the Promulgation of the Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture and other Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (a 2011. évi CXLIII. törvénnyel kihirdetett, a kínzás és más kegyetlen, embertelen vagy megalázó bánásmód vagy büntetés elleni egyezmény fakultatív jegyzőkönyve)
• Act CXXV of 2003 on Equal Treatment and the Promotion of Equal Opportunities (2003. évi CXXV. törvény az egyenlő bánásmódról és az esélyegyenlőség előmozdításáról)
• Act XXV of 2023 on Complaints, Disclosures in Public Interest, and Related Rules on Reporting Abuses (2023. évi XXV. törvény a panaszokról, a közérdekű bejelentésekről, valamint a visszaélések bejelentésével összefüggő szabályokról)
• Act CXXV of 1995 on the National Security Services (1995. évi CXXV. törvény a nemzetbiztonsági szolgálatokról)
• Act XXXIV of 1994 on the Police (1994. évi XXXIV. törvény a rendőrségről)

Human rights capacity support

Functions

• Oversight
• Providing remedy
• Collecting data on human rights violations
• Performing promotional activities
• Other

Specific mandates

• Ombud with a mandate on maladministration
• National preventive mechanism (NPM) under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT)
• National mechanism under the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
• Hate crime
• National monitoring mechanism under the CRPD
• Equality body with a mandate on equal treatment
• Rights of the child
• Bringing cases before the constitutional courts for constitutional review
• Any other function under international human rights conventions, under EU legislation or under the national legal system

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

• Only involved in direct codification work in exceptional circumstances within the scope of his constitutional functions and powers.
• Influences the drafting of substantive legislation by formulating legislative proposals and giving opinions on draft legislation related to fundamental rights.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

• Member of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions and the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI).
• Has a consultative role in several ENNHRI working groups, such as the CRPD Working Group, the Legal Working Group and theUN WorkingGroup.
• Regularly cooperates with the main bodies, committees and rapporteurs of the Council of Europe, including the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the Commissioner for Human Rights and the Venice Commission.