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UN Standards

Input requested for OHCHR study on the right to participate

The right to directly and indirectly participate in political and public life is important in empowering individuals and groups, and is one of the core elements of human rights-based approaches aimed at eliminating marginalization and discrimination.

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UN Standards

UN Special Rapporteur: 2014 was a decisive year in the history

UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kai has released a year-end report summarizing the developments, events and lessons learned in 2014.

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Action for Civic Space

The Operating Environment for Public-Benefit Foundations in the Western Balkans Region

The first comprehensive analysis on foundations of the region based on data provided by local experts.

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Action for Civic Space

ECNL participated in Sixth Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum

The Forum convened 250+ representatives of civil society organizations from Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia.

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Protests and Assemblies

ECNL Director highlights importance of civil society and steps to enhance freedoms at OSCE ODIHR HDIM

ECNL delivered an introductory speech at the 2014 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Europe's largest annual human rights and democracy conference which is organized every year.

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Action for Civic Space

TEDxLiberdade: The Power of Together - Videos are now available online

Through TEDx Liberdade, we demonstrated the power of people working together for the common good and the importance of protecting our right for collective action.

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Action for Civic Space

Approaches in regulation of volunteering

Based on European examples, the paper provides an overview of possible models for regulation of volunteering.

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Protests and Assemblies

Check out videos of the Conference: Safeguarding the Space for Peaceful Assembly in SEE

If you missed the livestream yesterday or would like to call up some key messages from the conference’s first day, A1.mk, a popular Macedonian news portal already featured some short videos.

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Protests and Assemblies

ECNL co-organizes the first regional conference on Freedom of Assembly

The event will explore opportunities and strengths related to the legal and practical aspects of the enforcement of the freedom of assembly in South-East Europe.

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