Some 30 representatives of Hungarian government agencies and civil society met in Budapest on 13 November 2025 to discuss the implementation of the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention, on the basis of the third evaluation report issued by the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) and the related Committee of the Parties’ recommendation.
The round-table meeting was co-organised by the Anti-Trafficking Division of the Council of Europe and the Department for European Home Affairs Cooperation of the Ministry of Interior of Hungary. It was opened by Ms Mónika Herczeg, Deputy State Secretary for EU and Foreign Affairs, who stressed the Hungarian authorities’ commitment to combating human trafficking by strengthening measures aimed at prevention, improving the prosecution of perpetrators and protecting victims, in line with the requirements of the Convention.
Discussions focused on victims’ access to legal assistance, free legal aid and compensation, the criminal justice response to human trafficking, victim identification and provision of assistance, and access to a recovery and reflection period and residence permits.
Hungary is expected to report to the Committee of the Parties on measures taken to comply with its recommendation by 21 June 2026.
