Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Statement upon the conclusion of its visit to Hungary (23 September – 2 October 2013)

(..) The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was invited by the Government of Hungary to conduct a country visit from 23 September to 2 October 2013.  The members, Mr. Sow and I, Vladimir Tochilovsky, were accompanied by two staff of the Working Group’s Secretariat from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva and interpreters. (…)

ISSUES OF CONCERN
Excessive use of pre-trial detention
Lack of effective legal assistance
Detention of asylum seekers and migrants in an irregular situation
Deprivation of liberty under the Law of Misdemeanours

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