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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.

Initiatives and campaigns

Online Survey: Survey for Research on Security and Protection for Civil Society Under Pressure in the EU

17 May 2023

Initiatives and campaigns

European Parliament: AI Act – A Step Closer to the First Rules on Artificial Intelligence

17 May 2023

Civil dialogue

European Economic and Social Committee: Civil Society Organisations Defending and Strengthening European Democracy Conference

17 May 2023

Freedom of association

GREECE: Fair Trials denounces the ongoing abuse of state powers against civil society in Greece

17 May 2023

Civic space victories

ECF statement: MEPs vote to ensure AI Act better protects fundamental rights and civic space

12 May 2023

Freedom of association

LATVIA: UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur expresses concern over proposed criminal case against representatives

12 May 2023

Freedom of assembly

UNITED KINGDOM: 52 activists are arrested on coronation day after the government passed the controversial Public Order Act

11 May 2023

Resources

LIBERTIES GUIDE: Protesting democracy means protecting civic space- Messaging Guide for NGOs Pushing Back Against New Restrictions

10 May 2023

Freedom of expression

PORTUGAL: Activist Mamadou Ba begins trial for defamation of Mário Machado

10 May 2023

Civic space victories

POLAND: Polish Activists Win Cases Against ‘LGBT-Free Zones’: Authorities’ Attempts to Silence LGBT Activists Failing in Courts

8 May 2023

Freedom of expression

SLOVAKIA: Slovakia’s cruel anti-LGBTQ+ bill condemned by European Human Rights commissioner

4 May 2023

Freedom of expression

HUNGARY: Hungary’s president vetoes cruel bill letting people ‘report’ same-sex parents to authorities

4 May 2023

Freedom of expression

ENAR POSITION PAPER: Racialisation and shrinking space

4 May 2023

Resources

Liberties Report: Media Freedom Report 2023 – Free Media’s Decline Continues Across Europe

27 April 2023

Civil dialogue

AUSTRIA: Museumsquartier Vienna Cancelled Event with BDS Austria and the ELSC, Highlighting Incident of Anti-Palestinian Hate

24 April 2023

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Latest Alerts

Online Survey: Survey for Research on Security and Protection for Civil Society Under Pressure in the EU

European Parliament: AI Act – A Step Closer to the First Rules on Artificial Intelligence

European Economic and Social Committee: Civil Society Organisations Defending and Strengthening European Democracy Conference

GREECE: Fair Trials denounces the ongoing abuse of state powers against civil society in Greece

ECF statement: MEPs vote to ensure AI Act better protects fundamental rights and civic space

LATVIA: UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur expresses concern over proposed criminal case against representatives

UNITED KINGDOM: 52 activists are arrested on coronation day after the government passed the controversial Public Order Act

LIBERTIES GUIDE: Protesting democracy means protecting civic space- Messaging Guide for NGOs Pushing Back Against New Restrictions

PORTUGAL: Activist Mamadou Ba begins trial for defamation of Mário Machado

POLAND: Polish Activists Win Cases Against ‘LGBT-Free Zones’: Authorities’ Attempts to Silence LGBT Activists Failing in Courts

SLOVAKIA: Slovakia’s cruel anti-LGBTQ+ bill condemned by European Human Rights commissioner

HUNGARY: Hungary’s president vetoes cruel bill letting people ‘report’ same-sex parents to authorities

ENAR POSITION PAPER: Racialisation and shrinking space

AUSTRIA: Museumsquartier Vienna Cancelled Event with BDS Austria and the ELSC, Highlighting Incident of Anti-Palestinian Hate

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