🤝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...

🌐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

🇬🇪 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/...

📢 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

🆕 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 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

⚖️ 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...

🌍️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.

🚀 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 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...

💫 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...

Ireland has one of the world's highest concentrations of data centers. The expansion has reshaped the grid & deepened fossil fuel use. As the EU pushes to triple data center capacity, Ireland offers a warning. Read our investigation with AlgorithmWatch.

Great exchange with @ecnl.bsky.social colleagues on how civil society can hold international organisations accountable and advance human rights. Belarus reminds us that this is a long haul (I remember the Jan 2011 civil society meeting well) 🤍❤️🤍

🚀 New: Guide to Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments 🚀 How can #FRIAs be conducted meaningfully & in line with the #AIAct? 👉 Here's a clear roadmap from ECNL & DIHR for deployers of high-risk AI systems - and anyone seeking to deploy AI responsibly - to do so. 🔗 ecnl.org/publications...

📢 How can journalists and civil society work together? What are the best practices for effective collaboration? 🔵 Join this Civic Journalism Coalition Webinar TODAY with ECNL, @disclose.ngo, @lighthousereports.com and EDRI: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🫶 Responsible #AI works best when people collaborate. In #Amsterdam, the municipality, technical team and citizens co-created an AI system using ECNL’s Framework for Meaningful Engagement: putting public interest and trust at the centre. Find out more here: ecnl.org/news/amsterd...

❗ Experienced editor/proofreader (5+ yrs reviewing analytical reports, civic freedoms terminology) wanted for the Monitoring Action for Civic Space (#MACS) project. 📖 You will review 7 country reports to ensure clarity, consistency & accuracy. Apply by 8 December: ecnl.org/job-openings #Hiring

🌍🇳🇱 How can people in the Netherlands eat, consume goods, and travel more sustainably? Today, the Dutch National #CitizensAssembly on #Climate presents its answers to this question. 💡 Read more on the power of involving people in the decisions that shape their lives: ecnl.org/news/citizen...

💡NEW blog: How do we move the commitments of the #EUCivilSocietyStrategy from paper to real action? 👉 Read our reflections: ecnl.org/news/promise... #EUCivicSpace #Democracy #Participation

🚨 ALERT: Tech is a DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD for Civil Society. ​ ​Read my new article on the role of tech in the decline of civic freedoms via @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/civil-societ...

⏰New GDRC–WSIS statement on the WSIS+20 Outcome Document. 👉 Key asks: • Safeguards against intrusive, rights-violating technologies • Protection of encryption, anonymity tools, and free expression • Attention to AI’s environmental and human rights impacts www.gp-digital.org/news/gdrc-ws...

Interesting new study on the CoE Framework Convention on #AI 👇

📢 See you in court? Join us for a new Civic Journalism Coalition Webinar on 27 Nov. 📢 🤔 Are you a journalist or work for a civil society org? Are you interested in how to use journalistic evidence in litigation? And how to defend yourself against #SLAPPs? ➡️ us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Our new step-by-step guide walks you through concrete process recommendations for public institutions and private providers designing or using AI tools for public participation. ⏩ Find out more here: ecnl.org/news/bluepri... Interested in piloting this tool? Get in touch: [email protected].

🚀 Out now: Framework for Meaningful Engagement 2.0 Civil society & affected communities must be part of #AI development to ensure that platforms & developers create rights-based products. The #FME 2.0 provides practical suggestions on how to do this: ecnl.org/publications... #ResponsibleAI

✨ Make your voice stronger in shaping #DigitalPolicy! ✍ Apply to a new #CADE training to help you build policy expertise and diplomatic skills! 📅 Ddl: 30 Nov 2025 ➡️ Apply now: cadeproject.org/in-focus/cap...

👋 Are you btw 13 and 17? Do you consider yourself an activist? @amnesty.org wants to hear from YOU! 💬 Amnesty collects stories from young people who’ve taken action - online or offline. Whether it’s for climate, equality or any other cause, your voice matters. 📲 survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/ZHEFrJ

🚀 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...

⚠️ 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...

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

🌎💚 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

🌎💚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

🆕 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

📹 Missed our webinar on #AI & #Democracy? ➡️ Don't worry, you can watch the full recording here: youtu.be/a9aJHBdrVOY

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! ▶️ us3.campaign-archive.com?u=e4a5924ac3...

🇨🇿 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...

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

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...