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The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) is a non-profit human rights watchdog NGO established in Budapest, Hungary in 1994.
HCLU is a law reform and legal defence public interest NGO in Hungary, working independently of political parties, the state or any if its institutions. HCLU's aim is to promote the case of fundamental rights and principles laid down by the Constitution of the Republic of Hungary and by international conventions.
HCLU focuses on issues such as drug policy, HIV/AIDS, patients' rights, freedom of speech, privacy protection and freedom of information, also investigative journalism.
Generally it has the goal of building and strengthening the civil society and rule of law in Hungary and the CEE region. Since HCLU is an independent non-profit organization the financial resources are largely provided by foundations and more and more likely by individuals.
HCLU's recent content
Clean Needles Save Lives - Needle Exchange in the US
The federal ban on Needle exchange in the US is finally shifted after 21 years. This is a movie about how needle exchange helps to protect communities from death and disease....
Regions: United States
Issues: Drugs & human rights, HIV-AIDS
Without Rights - Romani issues
A new documentary film by HCLU on the situation of Romani people in Hungary....
Regions: Hungary
Issues: Discrimination, Minorities
A Heroin User in Stockholm
An HCLU film on why there is still no needle exchange program in the city of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, while according to a recent study, the prevalence of Hepatitis C among injecting users is...
Regions: Sweden
Issues: Drugs & human rights
Kyrgyzstan - Pioneers of Harm Reduction
The Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia is situated on a drug trafficking route....
Regions: Kyrgyzstan
Issues: Drugs & human rights
A Drug-Free Sweden: By All Means?
An HCLU film about the dream of a drug-free Sweden: is Swedish drug policy really as succesful as its allies claim?
Regions: Sweden
Issues: Drugs & human rights
A Drug-free World: Reloaded
Witness from the inside what is happening at the 2009 UN meeting on drugs. 10 years ago they decided to create a drug free world by 2008....
Regions: Austria
Issues: Drugs & human rights
Questioning Costa's Answer
Dr. Polak had the opportunity to debate Mr. Costa again at a high level UN meeting in Vienna, on March 12, 2009. Watch the video of the event.
Regions: Austria
Issues: Drugs & human rights
Protest Against the Global Drug War - 11.03.2009
The United Nations held its High Level Meeting on drugs on March 11-12, 2009 in Vienna. HCLU and its allies, SSDP, INPUD, ENCOD and Youth R.I.S.E....
Regions: Austria
Issues: Drugs & human rights
U.N. Drug Policy Reform, with Harry Resin - Canada
Message from Harry Resin, a Canadian living in Amsterdam, to the governmental delegates to the High Level Segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March 11-12, 2009 Vienna.
Regions: Netherlands
Issues: Drugs & human rights
U.N. Drug Policy Reform, with Daan van Leeuwen - The Netherlands
Message from Daan van Leeuwen from MDHG - Drug Users Union from Amsterdam to the governmental delegates to the High Level Segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March 11-12, 2009 Vienna.