The Visegrad Group countries can maintain their achievements in protecting basic rights more effectively in the form of international cooperation between the V4 ombudsmen, the head of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights said at a two-day summit of V4 ombudsmen.
Ákos Kozma said that a good accord between Hungarian, Czech, Polish and Slovak commissioners was partly the result of historical roots. Also, the ombudsmen could rely on each other during the fight against Covid and shared good practices with each other, he said. They successfully fulfilled their tasks when it came to securing the legal background for new situations that emerged in epidemic management in every partner country, he added.
Kozma said the participants of the meeting recognised the Hungarian legal protection system which is seen as internationally outstanding. The head of the office has visited over 100 institutions in recent months, including prisons, elderly care homes, schools and immigration offices and no unlawful practices had been revealed in any of them, he added.
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