Monitoring of the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Hungary
Signature and ratification
- Signed: 10 October 2007
- Ratified: 4 April 2013
- Entry into force: 1 August 2013
Hungary – 3rd Evaluation Round | In progress
Focus: Access to justice and effective remedies for victims of trafficking in human beings
(done) 
GRETA Third round questionnaire
(done) 
Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire
EN| received 28 October 2022
(done) 
GRETA Monitoring visit to Hungary
EN - FR | 27 February - 3 March 2023
(done) 
GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments
(done)
Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties
EN - FR | Adopted 21 June 2024
(working) Government's Reply to the recommendation of the Committee of the Parties
Deadline 21 June 2026
Hungary - 2nd Evaluation Round - Completed
Focus: Impact of legislative, policy and practical measures on the prevention of trafficking in human beings, the protection of the rights of victims of trafficking, and the prosecution of traffickers
GRETA Second round questionnaire : EN - FR | sent 2 February 2018
Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire : EN| submitted 6 June 2018
GRETA Monitoring visit to Hungary : EN - FR| 8 to 12 October 2018
GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments : EN - FR| published 27 September 2019
Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties : EN - FR| adopted 18 October 2019
Government's Reply to the recommendation of the Committee of the Parties : EN | submitted 16 October 2020
Hungary - Urgent procedure
Under Rule 7 of the rules of procedure for evaluating the implementation of the Convention by the Parties, GRETA may make an urgent request for information when it receives reliable information indicating a situation where problems require immediate attention to prevent or limit the scale or number of serious violations of the Convention. In 2017, GRETA was made aware of the adoption of Law No. T/13976, pursuant to which unaccompanied migrant children aged 14 or more are considered adults during a “crisis situation caused by mass immigration” declared by the Hungarian government and do not benefit from the usual child protection measures provided to other separated or unaccompanied children, raising a number of questions related to GRETA’s mandate.
Urgent request for information sent by GRETA to the Hungarian authorities, sent 21 June 2017
Reply by the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior, received on 3 July 2017
A country visit to Hungary - EN I FR, 18 to 20 December 2017
GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments - EN I FR I HUN, published 27 April 2018
Hungary - 1st Evaluation Round - Completed
Focus: Overview of the implementation of the Convention by each state party
GRETA First round questionnaire : EN - FR | sent 27 January 2014
Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire : EN | submitted 27 May 2014
GRETA Monitoring visit to Hungary | 8 to 11 July 2014
GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments : EN - FR - HU| published 29 May 2015
Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties : EN - FR| adopted 15 June 2015
Government's Reply to the recommendation of the Committee of the Parties : EN | submitted 23 June 2017
The Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention is the first international legal instrument to take a human rights-based approach to the fight against human trafficking.
An important added value of the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention is the monitoring mechanism set up to supervise its implementation by State Parties
Levels of urgency of GRETA recommendations
GRETA uses three different levels of recommendations in its reports:
“URGE” - when GRETA assesses that the national legislation or policies are not in compliance with the Convention, or when it finds that, despite the existence of legal provisions and other measures, the implementation of a key obligation under the Convention is lacking.
“CONSIDER” - when GRETA assesses that it is necessary to make further improvements to fully comply with a provision of the Convention
“INVITE” - when GRETA assesses that the measures taken to comply with a provision of the Convention are already in place and should be continued and fully implemented in practice
