Increasing CSOs’ financial sustainability - new project in Moldova
ECNL will identify key opportunities for reform and assist CSOs in advocating for an improved philanthropic environment.
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Launching MACS: Monitoring action for civic space
ECNL together with 8 CSOs from across Europe launches new, EU-funded project to monitor civic space in member states.
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Global Nonprofits Guide 2.0 launched
The updated Global Nonprofits Guide now comes with new functionalities and resources on registration and operation of CSOs in 50+ jurisdictions.
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UN Special Rapporteur: State repression of environmental protest and civil disobedience is a major threat to human rights and democracy
Position paper calls on States to ensure that environmental defenders are not penalised, persecuted, or harassed for exercising their rights.
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Analysis of the Amendments to the Criminal Code of Republika Srpska on Defamation
The provisions pose problems for the freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly of anyone, including activists and human rights defenders, both online and offline.
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EU governments to vote on the final text of the EU AI Act: what’s at stake?
While the AI Act has major shortcomings from the human rights perspective, a total rejection would pose risks for future AI regulation.
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Open letter to COE AI Convention negotiators: Do not water down our rights
Civil society coalition calls for world's first AI treaty to equally cover the public and private sectors, and reject blanket exemptions regarding national security.
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Serbia: Restarting dialogue between government and CSOs for an enabling civil society environment
ECNL supports the establishment of the Council for Cooperation and Civil Society Development for improved participation in public policy processes.
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Pact for the Future: Joint civil society input
ECNL along with signatory organisations calls for the Pact for the Future to center human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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