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This database provides a non-exhaustive list of analyses, guides, measures, legislative proposals and research to support civic actors and organisations resisting democratic backsliding and advocating for a more open civic space in Europe.

Civic space victories

FRANCE: The Council of State suspends in summary proceedings the dissolution of an anti-fascist group

18 May 2022

Access to funding

SLOVENIA: Far-right leader Janez Janša loses election, sparking new hope for civic space

18 May 2022

Access to funding

FRANCE: Association push back as Separatism law comes into force; CSO tackling Islamophobia dissolved

16 May 2022

Freedom of assembly

FRANCE: The Council of State saves massive use of facial recognition by the police

6 May 2022

Freedom of assembly

TOOLKIT: The rights of women and girls to peaceful assembly and association

6 May 2022

Civic space victories

EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Anti-SLAPP initiative is a landmark step in the right direction

6 May 2022

Access to funding

REPORT: Shutting Out Criticism: How SLAPPs Threaten European Democracy

5 May 2022

Freedom of expression

REPORT: Defending Press Freedom in Times of Tension and Conflict

5 May 2022

Freedom of association

BRIEFING: EU should put an end to criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to migrants

5 May 2022

Freedom of expression

SPAIN: CSOs statement against state surveillance on journalists, politicians, and lawyers

3 May 2022

Access to funding

IRELAND: Human rights included in the draft Charities Bill

29 April 2022

Freedom of assembly

UNITED KINGDOM: Policing Bill about to become ‘a very damaging piece of legislation’ for human rights defenders

28 April 2022

Freedom of expression

POLAND: LGBT+ rights defender NGO ‘Atlas of Hate’ battling multiple legal cases (joint communication between UN and Polish government)

28 April 2022

Freedom of association

LITHUANIA: Criminalisation of solidarity at the border with Belarus as migrants and asylum seekers are pushed back

22 April 2022

Freedom of association

ITALY: Migrant rights defender NGO accused of encouraging illegal immigration

19 April 2022

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Latest Alerts

FRANCE: The Council of State suspends in summary proceedings the dissolution of an anti-fascist group

SLOVENIA: Far-right leader Janez Janša loses election, sparking new hope for civic space

FRANCE: Association push back as Separatism law comes into force; CSO tackling Islamophobia dissolved

FRANCE: The Council of State saves massive use of facial recognition by the police

TOOLKIT: The rights of women and girls to peaceful assembly and association

EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Anti-SLAPP initiative is a landmark step in the right direction

REPORT: Shutting Out Criticism: How SLAPPs Threaten European Democracy

REPORT: Defending Press Freedom in Times of Tension and Conflict

BRIEFING: EU should put an end to criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to migrants

SPAIN: CSOs statement against state surveillance on journalists, politicians, and lawyers

IRELAND: Human rights included in the draft Charities Bill

UNITED KINGDOM: Policing Bill about to become ‘a very damaging piece of legislation’ for human rights defenders

POLAND: LGBT+ rights defender NGO ‘Atlas of Hate’ battling multiple legal cases (joint communication between UN and Polish government)

LITHUANIA: Criminalisation of solidarity at the border with Belarus as migrants and asylum seekers are pushed back

ITALY: Migrant rights defender NGO accused of encouraging illegal immigration

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