A/HRC/20/33/Add.1 and his or her deputies shall not be affiliated to any political party or engage in any political activity. (4) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall present to Parliament an annual report on his or her activities. (5) The detailed rules for the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and his or her deputies shall be determined by an Act”. 25. At the time of the mission the Special Rapporteur met with the Parliamentary Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information. After the mission he was informed that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information had been replaced by an independent authority for the protection of personal data and the access to data of public interest (article VI (3)). In this regard the Special Rapporteur regrets the lack of ethnically disaggregated data in Hungary. V. Main challenges in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance A. National and ethnic minorities 26. Hungary officially recognizes 13 minorities, including Armenians, Bulgarians, Croatians, Germans, Greeks, Polish, Roma, Romanians, Ruthenians, Serbians, Slovaks, Slovenians and Ukrainians. The Government has made significant efforts to fulfil its international human rights obligations with respect to the situation of its national and ethnic minorities. Commendable measures have been taken, especially in the areas of culture and education, where the Government has developed a very elaborate policy which recognizes and promotes the languages of the 13 minorities. The authorities have also continued to provide support for activities to preserve and develop the cultural heritage of national minorities, which is very much welcomed. However, at the time of the mission the Special Rapporteur was informed of a decrease in the Government financial support for bilingual schools. Some interlocutors also indicated that mainstream schools do not provide sufficient space for minority language teaching and that the most common model remains one where minority languages are taught as a second or foreign language. 27. The Special Rapporteur welcomes Act No. LXXVII on the Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities, which is the main law regulating the rights of minorities in Hungary. Adopted in 1993, the law prohibits assimilation, exclusion and segregation of minorities (article 4 (1)) and any violation of the principle of equal treatment (article 3 (5)).7 It further recognizes the right for minorities to establish local, national and regional (article 5 (1)) minority self-governments primarily competent to deal with cultural and educational affairs. The system of minority self-governments remains an important part of the autonomy granted to minorities in these areas. The Special Rapporteur also appreciates the amendments made to improve the electoral system of minority self-government and ensure that only those belonging to a given minority take part in the election. The system of minority self-governments is welcomed by the Special Rapporteur as good practice. However during the mission some interlocutors expressed concern at the decrease in government financial support to minority self-governments. 28. While the legal and policy measures developed for minorities are welcomed, the long-standing issue of their representation in the Hungarian Parliament remains unresolved to date. Hungarian minorities are still not represented in the Parliament although the law on minorities provides for it. According to the Government the new Parliament adopted a 7 Available from http://www.kisebbsegiombudsman.hu/data/files/128317683.pdf 9