Staff
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay, Ombudsman for the Rights of Minorities in Hungary
As the person responsible for the professional work related to minority rights, the deputy-commissioner is supported by her secretariat and the staff of the Unit for National Minority Rights that belongs to another organisational unit of the Ombudsman's Office. Our community of 11 colleagues consists of 9 lawyers, 1 social worker and 1 driver.
The Secretariat of the Minority Ombudsman is in charge of providing professional, adminstrative and coordination support for the Minority Ombudsman as well as to guarantee continuous operation. In 2018 the staff of the Secretariat counts 7 members, two of them work in part time:
- TamásTörök dr., Head of the Secretariat
- GyörgyBenedek dr., senior legal official
- Klára Iványi , senior nationality official
- Balázs Kiss dr., senior legal official
- Fanni Makkai, senior nationality official
- Ágoston Mohay dr., senior legal official
- István Rózsás, driver
Former staff members of the Secretariat were:
- Zsuzsanna Rutai dr., senior legal official
- EdinaTordai dr., senior legal official
The Unit for National Minority Rights as a part of the Department for General Inquiries and National Minority Rights is in charge of preparing professional documents related to the complaints and the investigations and it is actively involved in the information gathering and disseminating work of the Minority Ombudsman. Staff members are:
- Gabriella Varjú dr., deputy head of department
- Eszter Horváth dr., senior legal official
- Noémi Kutassy-Nagy dr., senior legal official
- Beáta Sipos dr., senior legal official
- Barbara Szokács-Szabó dr., senior legal official
Communications
All- Statement by the Minority Ombudsman on the occasion of the International Roma Day
- Information Notice on the issues affecting the Roma population in the context of the coronavirus pandemic
- Message from the Minority Ombudsman on the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic
- Message from the Minority Ombudsman on the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic
- Statement by Elizabeth Sándor-Szalay Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, Ombudsman for the Rights of National Minorities on the eleventh anniversary of the murders in Tatárszentgyörgy
- Statement by Elizabeth Sándor-Szalay Deputy Commissioner For Fundamental Rights, Ombudsman for the Rights of National Minorities, concerning the implementation of compensation for the school segregation in Gyöngyöspata
- Statement by Elizabeth Sándor-Szalay Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, Ombudsman for the Rights of National Minorities, concerning the derogatory media communications affecting the German community in Hungary
- European Day of Languages
- General Comment on the Slovenian Model Farm as a good example
- Results of the parliamentary elections related to the nationalities