Legislation

Regulations governing the fight against human trafficking in Hungary

• Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code
• Act XC of 2017 on the Code of Criminal Procedure 
• Act V of 2020 amending certain laws necessary to combat the exploitation of victims of trafficking in human beings
• Government Decree 354/2012. (XII.13.) on the identification order of victims of trafficking in human beings
• Government Decision 1125/2019 (III.13.) on the measures necessary to increase the efficiency of combatting human trafficking (Action Plan)
• Government Decision No. 1046/2020. (II. 18.) on the National Anti-Trafficking Strategy for 2020-2023 and the Action Plan to be implemented in the period 2020-2021
• Government Decision No. 1228/2022. (IV. 14.) on the Action Plan to be implemented in the period 2022–2023 of the National Anti-Trafficking Strategy for 2020–2023 

EU and international law

• Council Directive 2004/81/EC on the residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities
• Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA
• Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA
• The EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012–2016
• New EU Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings 2021–2025
• Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (“Palermo Protocol”)
• Council of Europe Convention No. 197 on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

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