News & research

How to respond to civic space restrictions: experiences from Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia

Civil society experts share strategies of how CSOs in Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia have countered harmful legislative proposals affecting civic space.

Research

Action for Civic Space

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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Protests and Assemblies

Digital assemblies: how institutions and civil society can work together to protect the right to peaceful assembly in the digital space

A critical discussion on how to enable online protests and assemblies.

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Security/CT

How do CSOs respond to AML/CT/CFT overregulation?

Read our briefer on the steps CSOs can take against measures that oppress human rights under the pretext of countering terrorism.

Research

Security/CT

What can CSOs do when they face abuse or over-regulation caused by AML/CFT standards?

FATF issues clear and strong statement against states misusing security and counter-terrorism legal framework as justification to restrict civic freedoms.

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Security/CT

Serbia misuses anti-terrorism laws to curb work of NGOs

UN human right experts warn that such practices interfere with and limit the freedoms of expression and association.

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