Civil disobedience in digitally networked spaces
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This research paper explores migrant protests, criminalisation, and relevant international human rights standards.
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Tbilisi Principles: Ensuring crisis response reaches those most in need
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Frameworks that protect financial integrity should not slow down lifesaving aid for vulnerable communities in the Middle East and beyond.
How AI is powering transnational repression
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This scoping study examines the growing use of digital technologies by governments to suppress dissent beyond their borders, with a particular focus on how AI is transforming transnational repression.
European CSOs publish seven new country reports on civic space trends across the EU
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Based on a new methodology, the MACS reports reveal the trends that shaped civic action in 2025 and identify next steps needed to protect it.
Five critical lessons from three years of DSA risk assessments
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Our new policy brief analyses platform risk assessments, and sets out how they can be strengthened to become meaningful tools for transparency under the EU Digital Services Act.
The Future of Civil Societies
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What are the trends and drivers that shape our world and the work of civil society? A foresight paper by James Logan written as part of ECNL’s strategy development process.
A Guide to Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments (FRIA)
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Developed by ECNL and DIHR, this new guide lays out a clear roadmap for putting FRIAs into practice meaningfully, as strategic tools for responsible AI use.
Civil disobedience in digitally networked spaces
This research paper explores migrant protests, criminalisation, and relevant international human rights standards.
Research
Tbilisi Principles: Ensuring crisis response reaches those most in need
Frameworks that protect financial integrity should not slow down lifesaving aid for vulnerable communities in the Middle East and beyond.
News
How AI is powering transnational repression
This scoping study examines the growing use of digital technologies by governments to suppress dissent beyond their borders, with a particular focus on how AI is transforming transnational repression.
Research
Five critical lessons from three years of DSA risk assessments
Our new policy brief analyses platform risk assessments, and sets out how they can be strengthened to become meaningful tools for transparency under the EU Digital Services Act.
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Fourth Civic Space Watch alerts under MACS
Here are the latest developments in European civic space emerging from the Early Warning and Alert System, developed as part of the MACS (Monitoring Action for Civic Space) project.
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When national security becomes a shield for evading AI accountability
To protect fundamental rights, AI-enabled national security initiatives require urgent limits, says ECNL in Tech Policy Press blog.
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European CSOs publish seven new country reports on civic space trends across the EU
Based on a new methodology, the MACS reports reveal the trends that shaped civic action in 2025 and identify next steps needed to protect it.
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Financial access of human rights defenders in exile
Read our policy paper with targeted recommedations to the EU, governments and banks to ensure defenders' financial inclusion in the EU.
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Stronger protection for freedom of association ahead: UN HRC General Comment No. 38
Read the joint submission from ECNL and ICNL on the aspects that we believe should be prioritised in the next UN HRC General Comment.
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