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Action for Civic Space

Moldova adopts new, progressive Law on Noncommercial Organisations

ECNL has helped CSOs repeatedly prevent proposed restrictive measures to be integrated in the law. These efforts ensured that adopted law will ultimately improve the environment in which they operate.

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UN Standards

UN Human Rights Committee adopts landmark General Comment on the right of peaceful assembly

The General Comment could not have been more timely and momentous, when the right of peaceful assembly is under increased pressure in countries throughout the world.

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Protests and Assemblies

Greece: new law on public assemblies is restricting civic space

The Greek Parliament adopted a law regulating public assemblies.

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Action for Civic Space

Bulgaria: proposals to stigmatize CSOs receiving foreign funding

Less than a month after the landmark decision of the European Court of Justice, another EU member state is attempting to restrict CSOs' access to funding.

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Funding and Philanthropy

Standards and Good Practices for Public Funding of Civil Society Organisations

This paper presents an overview of main ideas, considerations and examples of public funding for CSOs.

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European policies

Excluding CSOs from the democratic debate: a trend to be reversed, during and after emergencies

This is the sixth in our #EUlaw4civicfreedoms blog series, focusing on how CSOs can use EU law to safeguard their right to participation to public debate.

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UN Standards

Joint statement- Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Read our joint statement with Civic Space Initiative partners discussing the adverse implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for civic space.

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Action for Civic Space

How can EU law safeguard CSOs’ access to funding: a landmark decision

Read our analysis on the European Court of Justice ruling on the Hungarian Transparency Law and its ground-breaking implications for CSOs, individuals and legal entities within and outside the EU.

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European policies

Can confinement restrict CSOs’ services for vulnerable groups? Considerations from an EU law perspective

This is the fifth in our #EUlaw4civicfreedoms blog series, focusing on on how CSOs can use EU Law to protect their right to provide their services to the community in times of emergency.

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