Updates

ECNL at the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting emphasized that even in emergency situations states can and must enable freedom of association in the EaP region.

New amendments negatively affect CSO's freedom of association.

The event addressed trends in the environment Armenian CSOs operate in and identified possible directions of improvement.

Experts warn that the amenments approved by the government are not in line with international standards, generate uneven or erroneous interpretations.

In the past 2 years authorities have listed dozens of Belarusian citizens as involved in terrorism and identified a number of organisations as terrorist organisations.

Summary of developments that affect civil society environment in Ukraine under the areas of the CSO Meter.

The new law will bring protections for CSOs working on LGBTQI or ethnic minority issues, who are often target of discourses that incite prejudice-based violence.

State security raided independent trade unions and arrested their leaders in Belarus.

The Media Law introduces new concepts and increases state control and regulation of the media, raising serious concerns about its compliance with international human rights standards.

Despite a low level of risk of terrorist financing in the CSO sector, new recommendations threaten to burden CSO operations. A new draft law proposes measures that would limit freedom of expression.

Brief summary of the new initiatives to support the right to participation and increase transparency.

Summary of the developments affecting the environment in which civil society works, even during martial law (update as of March 25).