📣 Call for input: What challenges do organisations face when representing or supporting national minorities?
The COE Expert Council on NGO Law is working on a new report, fill in their survey by April 30!
For more info, visit: www.coe.int/en/web/civil...
📢 In the context of the ongoing trilogue negotiations on the #AI Omnibus proposal, together with 32 other organisations and individuals, we contributed to an open letter to EU institutions, expressing our concerns about current proposals that could weaken the scope and effectiveness of the AI Act.
@federicarossi.bsky.social, Italiani senza Cittadinanza,
Liga lidských práv, @page404.space, @romeacz.bsky.social , @accessnow.org, @investigacecz.bsky.social
@algorithmwatch.org, @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @irpimedia.eu, Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights, @wired.it , @pjarandia.bsky.social, @algorights.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy , @publico.es
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🤝How civil society & journalists can engage in investigations to protect digital rights.
Over the past year, the Civic Journalism Coalition, launched by ECNL, EDRI & @lighthousereports.com led 6 investigations on tech's impact on society.
🔎Learn more & read the guide: ecnl.org/publications...
@forusinternational.bsky.social, @smex.org
🌐Are you interested in engaging with #ICANN?
📣Fellowship applications are open until 19 April! An excellent opportunity to learn more and attend the ICANN87 Annual General Meeting in Oct 2026.
👉 Apply here: www.icann.org/fellowshippr...
🔖 For more info: ecnl.org/publications...
#CADE
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🇬🇪 A new legal framework in #Georgia is redefining how civil society can operate.
👉 Our latest briefing unpacks these changes and their implications for civic space, donors, and local organizations.
🔗 Learn more: www.icnl.org/post/news/am...
📢 What does #CivilDisobedience look like for migrants and migrant-rights defenders?
💡Our new paper explores protest rights, migration control, civil disobedience and digital surveillance. How do existing legal frameworks apply? Are current safeguards enough?
👉 ecnl.org/publications...
❗#Georgia and #Greece passed problematic laws for civil society, says Council of Europe Expert Council on NGO Law.
Read the opinions here: www.coe.int/en/web/ingo/...
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📢 ICNL is hiring a Legal Advisor-U.S. Program.
This Washington, D.C.–based role focuses on legal research, tracking laws affecting civil society, and supporting nonpartisan analysis that strengthens civic space.
🔗 Learn more and apply: www.icnl.org/work-with-us
5 lessons from 3 years of #RiskAssessments under the #DSA
🔖 Read our new policy brief on how #BigTech platforms' reports, and the implementation of the Digital Services Act, can be strengthened: ecnl.org/publications...
🔴 Tomorrow, women take to the streets. States must facilitate, not repress.
On #IWD2026, I call on all authorities to protect women's right to peaceful protest.
The streets belong to women. 🧵 Read my full statement: mailchi.mp/09a8ee1af4ae...
#8M #WomenDefenders #FoAA
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🆕 Navigating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) can be complex for nonprofits.
Our new briefer explains the law, why it matters, and steps organizations can take to navigate compliance in a shifting legal landscape.
Read the briefer: www.icnl.org/our-work/us-...
When aid is cut, it is not only funding that disappears: #CivilSociety weakens.
One year after the U.S. aid freeze, thousands of organizations have closed or been forced to alter their missions.
#FreedomOfAssociation is at stake.
🔗 www.ipsnews.net/2026/03/the-...
📢 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 #𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
Repression no longer stops at national borders. Our new report explores how AI is making it faster, more scalable, and harder to detect, looking at AI-enabled surveillance, AI platforms and policy gaps.
📥 ecnl.org/publications...
We stand with Greenpeace
We stand in solidarity with Greenpeace.
A US court awarded Energy Transfer $345 million. @greenpeace.org will appeal & continues its #antiSLAPP lawsuit against the company under the #EU’s new directive.
This is bigger than Greenpeace. Public participation is the backbone of democracy. #TimeToResist
Infographic titled “Human Rights at Stake: Top 10 Human Rights Trends” on a green background. Ten white line icons with short labels: protracted wars and civilian harm; security first, human rights sidelined; multilateral legitimacy crisis; eroding human rights leadership; far-right normalisation and welfare capture; gender backlash and rollback of women’s and LGBTQ rights; closing civic space to consolidate power; defenders delegitimised, including in exile; environmental rights eroded, defenders targeted; information integrity under pressure: AI and disinformation. Human Rights Compass logo appears at the bottom right.
⚖️ Human Rights At Stake ⚖️
Mapped by 120+ human rights defenders and experts as the global realignment hardens into a fractured order, and civic space, equality, and accountability come under pressure
➡️10 Global Human Rights Trends humanrightscompass.org#kpg_17808
📣 Call for Input: the #UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched an online survey on #CivicSpace
🗓️ DDL: Friday, 6 March 2026
▶️ Find more info here: www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
📅 March 4 | Digital Governance Working Group 2026 – Session 1
Join us online to map collaboration opportunities and strengthen Global North–Global South partnerships for inclusive, human-centric internet governance.
🌍 EN/FR/ES interpretation available
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The Global Nonprofits Guide now covers 78 countries!
🌍️More countries, more info! The Global Nonprofits Guide just got bigger - now covering information on nonprofit laws in 78 countries, including Germany, France and Switzerland – and many more.
Explore what’s new: www.globalnonprofitsguide.org
GNG is powered by DLA Piper, ECNL and PILnet.
🙏 MACS partners are: bsky.app/profile/civi... , Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law, bsky.app/profile/nyte... , Le Mouvement associatif, Ökotárs Alapítvány , bsky.app/profile/nhc-... , OFOP, FDSC Romania
▶️ Find all the tried-and-tested methodology and more info here: www.ecnl.org/macs
🔜 Stay tuned: in May, the upcoming Civic Space Report by the European Civic Forum will provide more analysis across Europe.
#MACS #EUCivicSpace
🚀 𝐍𝐞𝐰: 𝟕 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Powered by #MACS, the reports offer fresh insights and point to the actions needed to better protect civic freedoms in Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania.
🔖 Download: www.ecnl.org/macs
👁️🗨️ To protect fundamental rights, #AI -enabled #NationalSecurity initiatives require urgent limits, argue Ashwin Prabu and ECNL's @marle.bsky.social in this new Tech Policy Press blog:
🚫 Letting #AI providers hide the fact that they exempted themselves from the #AIAct’s requirements is not simplification. It's the weakening of transparency safeguards.
With 60 orgs and experts, we call on EU to reject harmful proposals as part of the AI Omnibus: www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
💡 New report by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network BIRN on how invasive #surveillance technology is used against pro-democracy protesters in #Serbia #Georgia:
balkaninsight.com/2026/01/28/f...
Join ECNL's Supervisory Council! DDL: 10 Feb 2026
🌟 Join us in shaping the next chapter of ECNL's journey! 🌟
We’re looking for dedicated and forward-thinking individuals to 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥.
If you share our vision, send us an Expression of Interest before 𝟏𝟎 𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.
Find all details here: ecnl.org/openings
CADE’s December newsletter is out!
Highlights from 2025 include:
📍 Civil society using the UN UPR to track digital rights commitments
📍 New resources to help CSOs engage in digital policy & technical spaces
📍 Youth Voices for Digital Rights creative action
AND MORE!
🔗 mailchi.mp/diplomacy/ca...
ECNL newsletter
💫 Look back at 2025 w/ our newsletter, bringing you:
🟢practical resources and tools you can put into practice, like the new guide on how to do innovation right with #FRIAs;
🔵 research to inform your work on #democracy, #AI, #foresight ... & much more.
Sign up for 2026: mailchi.mp/ecnl/2025-in...