Initiatives And Campaigns

Civic space is shrinking but civic organisations, movements and active citizens are pushing back! Read about inspiring initiatives and campaigns to reclaim rights and expand civic space in Europe.

Freedom of expression

HUNGARY: 15 EU governments join lawsuit against Orbán’s anti-LGBT law

7 April 2023

Freedom of assembly

POLAND: Prosecutors indict abortion protest leaders for “causing epidemiological threat”

26 October 2022

Access to funding

EP: New report risks imposing new conditionality for the CERV

21 October 2022

Freedom of association

FRANCE: Implementation of “Separatism Law” raises concerns of CSOs

21 October 2022

Freedom of assembly

Spain: NGO Report on transparency and accountability of police forces

18 October 2022

Freedom of assembly

SPAIN: Human rights organisations and victims join forces in a campaign calling for a state ban on rubber bullets

1 June 2022

Freedom of expression

FRANCE: Civil society’s open letter calls to end a police cell’s activities against environmental defenders, as missions are ruled illegal by court

6 April 2022

Initiatives and campaigns

OPEN LETTER: CSOs call on the EU to directly support civil society providing for refugees from Ukraine

5 April 2022

Freedom of expression

HUNGARY: Baseline information note on the 2022 elections and referendum

4 April 2022

Freedom of expression

HUNGARY: European election observers and Hungarian CSOs call on EU Member States to second observers to ODIHR election mission

4 April 2022

Civic Pride Awards

FRANCE: HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVERS ARE ESSENTIAL DURING PROTESTS – interview with the observatory of police practices

16 March 2022

Freedom of assembly

POLAND: NGOs urge EU ministers to act decisively on rule of law crisis

16 February 2022

Freedom of assembly

SPAIN: The review of the 2015 Law on Citizens’ Safety should result in better protecting human rights

14 February 2022

Freedom of assembly

SPAIN: Gag Law under reform, the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, expression and rule of law at stake – Joint letter

11 February 2022

Freedom of assembly

UNITED KINGDOM: Police Bill Alliance call on MPs to uphold changes to draconian Bill which risk destroying people’s right to protest

18 January 2022

Initiatives And Campaigns

HUNGARY: 15 EU governments join lawsuit against Orbán’s anti-LGBT law

POLAND: Prosecutors indict abortion protest leaders for “causing epidemiological threat”

EP: New report risks imposing new conditionality for the CERV

Spain: NGO Report on transparency and accountability of police forces

SPAIN: Human rights organisations and victims join forces in a campaign calling for a state ban on rubber bullets

FRANCE: Civil society’s open letter calls to end a police cell’s activities against environmental defenders, as missions are ruled illegal by court

OPEN LETTER: CSOs call on the EU to directly support civil society providing for refugees from Ukraine

HUNGARY: Baseline information note on the 2022 elections and referendum

HUNGARY: European election observers and Hungarian CSOs call on EU Member States to second observers to ODIHR election mission

FRANCE: HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVERS ARE ESSENTIAL DURING PROTESTS – interview with the observatory of police practices

SPAIN: The review of the 2015 Law on Citizens’ Safety should result in better protecting human rights

SPAIN: Gag Law under reform, the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, expression and rule of law at stake – Joint letter

UNITED KINGDOM: Police Bill Alliance call on MPs to uphold changes to draconian Bill which risk destroying people’s right to protest

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