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We are the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, working to empower civil society through legal and policy frameworks that protect civic freedoms.
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🚀 Officially launching LEAD today at #COP30! #LEADwithUs 🌎💚

Join a growing community of defenders, civil society, philanthropy, LEAD champions, and over 100k citizens globally! Let's elevate the voices of environmental human rights defenders in #ClimateAction.

📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXSF...
Leaders Network for Environmental Activists and Defenders #LEAD
Environmental rights defenders often put their lives on the line to defend their territories. The Leaders Network for Environmental Activists and Defenders (LEAD) brings governments, defenders, civil…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
⚠️ The EU must uphold hard-won protections for #digital #HumanRights!

🚨 120+ orgs, unions and defenders urge the EU to halt its planned #DigitalOmnibus proposals - the biggest rollback of digital fundamental rights in EU history.

🇪🇺 Read the open letter:
ecnl.org/news/eu-must...
The EU must uphold hard-won protections for digital human rights
Over 120 civil society organisations, trade unions and defenders urge the EU to halt its planned Digital Omnibus proposals that are part of a broader deregulation agenda.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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As #COP30 begins, a silent war unfolds in courtrooms. Corporations are weaponising the law to silence #ClimateDefenders through #SLAPPs.

🔗 Read on @ipsnews.net : www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/sile...

#ClimateJustice #CivicSpace #SLAPPs #COP30
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🌎💚 Co-design LEAD’s next phase of work! #LEADwithUs at #COP30 in Belém.

Join today's strategy meeting of LEAD at 15:00

✏️ Register here to attend: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

👉 Find out more about the LEAD: lead-initiative.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🌎💚Are you at #COP30? #LEADwithUs

❇️ Join us today at 16:30 for a reception celebrating LEAD, a global initiative that elevates the voices of environmental human rights defenders in #ClimateAction.

📍 Grassroots Movement for Climate Venue, no registration needed.
👉 lead-initiative.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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🆕 ICNL’s Civic Freedom Monitor has a new look and enhanced functionality!

⏭️ With a more interactive interface and coverage of 50+ countries, it’s easier than ever to explore global trends in civic space laws and policies.

Explore more: icnl.org/cfm

#CivicFreedom #CivicSpace
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
📹 Missed our webinar on #AI & #Democracy?

➡️ Don't worry, you can watch the full recording here:
youtu.be/a9aJHBdrVOY
How to make AI safe for democracy? - AI & Democracy Webinar
During this interactive webinar on AI and democracy, researchers, policymakers, and democracy experts explored both the risks and opportunities that AI presents for democratic systems and public…
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November 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
In our latest newsletter, we are looking ahead to the future. Read about:
👀 The foresight paper on the future of civil societies
🚀 ECNL's new strategy
🌍 Global safeguards for civil disobedience and freedom of association...

... and much more!
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October 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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🇨🇿 This three-part Guide offers support to democratic exiles, #HumanRights defenders, and #CivilSociety workers who may relocate to the Czech Republic.

🔎 Get critical legal insights to help ensure compliance and facilitate effective integration: www.icnl.org/post/news/gu...
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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NOW OUT: Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience

📝 A set of Guiding & Operational Principles for the effective protection of peaceful #EnvironmentalProtesters

👉 Full Guidelines (English): unece.org/sites/defaul...

#UNECE #AarhusConvention
October 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Europe's civil society #HumanRightsDefenders are under threat:
-Restrictive legislation
-Crackdown on activists & harassment
-Severe funding crisis
@coe.int states & non-state funders should stand up for civil society, the lifeblood & pillar of democratic society. ⬇️
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Alarming trends: the crisis facing civil society and human rights defenders in Europe
Strasbourg 09/10/2025
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October 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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🗞️ New #CADE Newsletter (Aug/Sept 2025) is here!

🌐 Explore how CSOs are shaping #DigitalRights & #InternetGovernance
🤝 Read partner updates from across the globe
💡 Discover tools for a more inclusive digital future

👉 Read it now: cadeproject.org/newsletters/...

#LetsTalkDigital #civilsociety
October 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
❔Have you registered yet for our upcoming webinar on AI & Democracy?
Explore with us both the risks and opportunities that AI presents for democratic systems and public participation.
📅 October 14, 2025
🕑 14:00 – 15:30 CET
✏️ Make sure to secure your spot today here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Young people are not disengaged – they are redefining #participation."

💡 A must-read from @europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu on the lessons structured systems of civic participation can learn from the way young people mobilise. 👇
📖 Often labelled as “youth”, young people are taken into account only when it comes to youth issues or in limited spaces like youth councils.

In search of alternative routes, they are developing new forms of civic engagement, rewriting the rules of political participation.

Latest article 👇
Misunderstanding Youth Activism: How Young People Are Rewriting Democracy
Youth activism is redefining democracy as young people create new paths of participation and inclusive political change.
europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu
October 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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💻 You’ve heard of human rights — but what about digital rights?

From censorship to internet shutdowns, our online freedoms are under threat.

🎥 Watch the new #CADE video: Yhttps://youtu.be/bZzKmZFHA1w?si=bBX5DHyUXOLNhGiz

#DigitalRights #LetsTalkDigital #OnlineFreedom
October 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
#AI impact assessments without #participation of affected groups are just empty, tick-box exercises that don’t address the real-life #HumanRights concerns.

A new report from @cecuconsumo.bsky.social shows how #CivilSociety makes the process more transparent, inclusive and impactful. ‪⤵️
🚨 ¡Nuevo informe clave! 📘Descubre cómo las evaluaciones de impacto (EIDFs) en derechos fundamentales pueden ser la primera línea de defensa frente a los riesgos de la IA.
🔗 cecu.es/publicacione...
#IAConDerechos
October 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🔥 New resource by @maecenata.bsky.social exposes the harmful logic behind narratives that want to deligitimise civil society & its democratic work.

For fact-based arguments & hard data on civil society in Germany, see the factsheet, now also available in English.

▶️ www.maecenata.eu/wp-content/u...
October 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🌈 Together with @liberties.eu and the HCLU, we urge the European Commission to uphold the #AIAct in Hungary and protect the participants of the Pecs #Pride from #AI #surveillance. 👀

#FacialRecognition #FundamentalRights

Read our letter here:
ecnl.org/news/civil-s...
Civil society urges the European Commission to uphold the AI Act in Hungary
ECNL, Liberties and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union call on the EU to protect Pecs Pride participants from AI surveillance.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
💡 How can we ensure that #AI strengthens rather than undermines our #democracies?
Join ECNL & Make.org for a webinar on aligning AI with democratic values.

📅 Oct 14 | 14:00–15:30 CET

✏️ Secure your free spot today here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
‼️ Urgent action is needed to ensure the rights enshrined in the #AIAct are upheld, not left as hollow promises.

⏰ The DDL to appoint bodies that will enforce the AI Act has come and gone.

We joined 30 orgs to call on gov'ts & the Commission to keep the AI Act national implementation on track. ⤵️
📢 Together with 30 CSOs, we sent a letter to the European Commission and MSs to urge them to uphold their commitment to swiftly implement the #AI Act, without any delay or reopening of the legislation, and appoint national competent authorities.

👇🏻 Read the full statement: cdt.org/insights/joi...
Joint CSOs Open Letter on Keeping the AI Act National Implementation on Track
CDT Europe, together with 30 other civil society organisations, wrote an open letter to the European Commission and Member States to express our concerns regarding the timely implementation of the AI ...
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September 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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📢 Take action for open & inclusive democracy—endorse the Vitoria-Gasteiz Declaration!

Ahead of #OGPSummit, join this global call to protect democracy, boost transparency & tackle shared challenges.

👉 Endorse by Oct 7: opengovpartnership.org/vitoria-gasteiz-declaration/
September 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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📢 Register now!

Civil society must be central to digital governance!

Join the @CADE_project consortium for the launch of our Mapping & Baseline Study (EN/FR/ES/PT). Discover barriers, solutions & next steps for inclusive participation.

🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#CADE
September 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📣 Call to CSOs in Europe: Have your say in a new COE study on civil society restrictions!

📆 DDL: September 25

More info here:
www.coe.int/en/web/civil...
Call to NGOs in Europe to contribute to a new study on “Recent national developments that actually or potentially undermine the ability of NGOs to operate”
The Council of Europe is the continent’s leading human rights organisation, bringing together governments to build a future based on human rights, democracy and justice.
www.coe.int
September 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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🚨 Launching the European Anti-SLAPP Monitor!

Developed by @ecpmf.bsky.social & @casecoalition.bsky.social, the tool shows how countries across Europe are rolling out anti-SLAPP protections – where progress is happening, where it’s stalled, and where more work is needed.‬

👉 Go to: slapp-monitor.eu
September 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM