On 5 October, the Council of Ministers approved a new decree-law, proposed by President Giuseppe Conte and Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese, on "Measures for city security, immigration and international protection".…
Civic space report produced by European Civic Forum to CIVICUS monitor. Background Political gains made by the Green party and increasing dialogue between government and civil society has led to…
Press release, Civilization coalition, 18 June 2020 - accessible here In its decision today the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) echoes the Hungarian civil society’s opinion…
Article originally published on BDS website, 11 June 2020 - accessible here ECHR rules unanimously that French highest court’s criminal conviction of Israel boycott advocates violates the European Convention on…
Article originally published by ECF on Civicus Monitor, 15 May 2020 - accessible here ASSOCIATION The emergency measures implemented in Latvia due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have had a…
Article written by the European Civic Forum and originally published on Civicus Monitor, 13 February 2020 - accessible here ASSOCIATION In March 2018, the CIVICUS Monitor downgraded the rating of Latvia’s civic…
Slovakia has made the international headlines after investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were shot dead in February 2018. The murder sparked protests opening tumultuous times for…
(Article by Naciolleida - 29 January 2020, accessible here in Catalan) Author: Andreu Merino Law enforcement officers of the Catalan police will wear a short number on the front and…
(Hungarian Helsinki Committee - 14 January 2020) According to the Court of Justice Advocate General’s opinion, the fact that under the Hungarian 2017 Lex NGO, civil society organisations receiving foreign donations are…
(Spiegel - 25 November 2019) Translated from German using DeepL PayPal no longer processes donations to the extreme right-wing association Pro Chemnitz, which is monitored by the Saxonian Office for…