Institutional resources

Food For Thoughts

Institutional resources

Food For Thoughts

Institutional resources

This section aims at collecting resources from institutions meant to to protect civil liberties in Europe. This database provides a non-exhaustive list of measures, legislative proposals and research to support civic actors and organisations advocating for a more open civic space in Europe.

European Union agency for Fundamental Rights: Fundamental Rights Report 2019 (June 2019)

Venice Commission: Report on funding of associations (March 2019)

European Union agency for Fundamental Rights: Civil society space: Views of organisations (November 2018)

European Union agency for Fundamental Rights: Challenges facing civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU (January 2018)

Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission: reaching out to EU citizens: a new opportunity (October 2017)

European Economic and Social Committee:
Opinion on the financing of civil society organisations by the EU (September 2017)

European Parliament, Policy Department: Shrinking space for civil society: EU response (April 2017)

European Parliament: Report on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (October 2016)

France:

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights: Memorandum on maintaining public order and freedom of assembly in the context of the “yellow vest” movement in France (Feb. 2019)

Hungary:

European Parliament: report on on a proposal calling on the Council to determine, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded (sept. 2018)

Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR: joint opinion on the provisions of the so-called "Stop Soros" draft legislative package which directly affect NGOs (June 2018)

Poland:

OSCE: Opinion on the draft act of Poland on the National Freedom Institute (August 2017)

Romania:

Venice Commission: Opinion on Romanian draft law No. 140/2017 on amending governmental ordinance NO. 26/2000 on associations and foundations (March 2018)

Council of Europe: Opinion on the Romanian draft law 140/2017 on associations and foundations, as adopted by the Senate on 20 November 2017 (December 2017)

Slovakia:

Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union: Report on the ad hoc delegation to Slovakia (March 2018)