A/HRC/58/49/Add.1 for this purpose and a further 1% to an NGO. This results in financial discrepancy for nonreligious associations that provide the same public service activities. 109. In 2022, the Special Procedures along with this mandate, expressed concern about the alleged unlawful dismissal of a civil servant (Mr. Gáspár Békés) by the Budapest City Hall, 55 appearing to relate to the legitimate exercise of his right to freedom of opinion and expression and right not to profess any religion as an atheist. He received public criticism from highlevel officials and death threats from the public on social media subsequent to expressing opinions on the banning of child baptism. The Special Procedures expressed concerns over the apparent lack of due diligence and sufficient investigation from the authorities. In its response to the communication, the Government claimed that Mr Békés’ dismissal was by ‘the Budapest Municipal Authority, not by any government body’, and referred the mandate holders to the Mayor’s office. During the visit, the Special Rapporteur raised the matter with representatives of that office. VII. Recommendations 110. In light of the foregoing, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Revisit the 2011 Church Law and its 2018 amendments to ensure that all religion and belief communities, institutions and actors, can operate freely, without discrimination, with particular attention to legal and financial restrictions on their activities; (b) Address concerns arising from the tiered religion recognition policy especially regarding harms to solidarity between and within religious communities, the risk of compromising their autonomy, and ability to maintain neutrality and independence from the State; (c) Review all laws, legislation and practices in order to identify provisions, processes and procedures that may perpetuate discrimination based on religion or belief, noting that this requires an end to all “distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on religion or belief” and all “nullification or impairment of the recognition, enjoyment or exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis” (1981 Declaration, article 2(2)). All privileging between groups, tiering, and differential access to state benefits and public funding, runs counter to this; (d) Conduct a thorough review of the current functioning and effectiveness of the Hungarian NHRI, following the integration of various rights protection bodies into the CFR, with a view to demonstrating functional independence, autonomy, ensuring compliance, addressing human rights issues or referring them to the Constitutional Court, and conducting inquiries into the activities of all other government entities, allowing the NHRI to return to ‘A’ status, and allocate adequate human and financial resources for the NHRI; (e) If and when social institutions are turned over from being State-run to church-run, the State should ensure that its obligations towards the human rights of all concerned is upheld including those of employees, students, patients; Church-schools should inter alia offer ethics as an alternative and not make their faith classes mandatory, and should ensure that admission is not denied de facto to children who are Roma, have disabilities, or hold other religions or beliefs; Reproductive health services should ensure access to all without discrimination; (f) Ensure equal protection (including child protection), accountability, and financial transparency in church-run services, whether in education, health, child protection or other social institutions; 55 18 HUN 1/2022.