Updates

The scope of liability for violations of domestic aid rules is now broader and with more severe consequences, directly affecting the financial activities of CSOs and private recipients of charitable domestic aid.

The parliament has backed the most far-reaching reform of the Ombudsman in nearly thirty years, a step that could give civil society a stronger ally even as rights groups warn that key gaps must be addressed before it becomes law.

The rules incorporate several CSO recommendations that improve transparency and access to information when protecting people’s property rights, but leave gaps in meaningful public participation.

Proposed amendments to the Tax Code raise privacy concerns for beneficiaries and weaken the percentage designation mechanism, threatening the financial sustainability of civil society in Moldova.

Stricter identification requirement for submitting comments on draft legal acts may reduce accessibility of public consultations.

The first dedicated programme creates a formalised channel of state support for volunteering, one of the most trusted pillars of civic life and wartime resilience.

The single national programme and its public, digital monitoring is a transparency gain civil society can use for watchdog work, provided that the new system measures the quality of reforms and not just their quantity.

A fast-tracked rewrite of Ukraine's Civil Code has cleared its first reading and several of its provisions could expose civil society organisations and journalists to new legal pressure, clashing with the country's EU accession commitments.

The draft law from March has been substantially weakened, removing key judicial appeal mechanisms and reducing accountability to individual disciplinary measures, resulting in g a law that authorities can ignore with near impunity.

Pressure on freedoms of expression and assembly continues to grow.

Displaced Artsakh resident Arthur Osipyan was detained and prosecuted following a heated exchange with the PM. He is currently on hunger strike, the civil society's prison monitoring group has been unable to visit him.

Draft amendments to the Tax Code can strengthen financial sustainability and public accountability of CSOs and media by enabling reimbursable citizen donations; the effectiveness will depend on secondary regulation and implementation details.