Evidence-Based Communication and Campaigning Strategies To Protect Civic Space

Liberties designed a capacity-building project to help NGOs at the local and national level resist authoritarianism by growing support for their causes.

#CivicSpace , training & coaching , strategic communications

Latest Campaigns

Media Freedom Report 2022

Decline in Media Freedom Across Europe, Some Countries Follow Putin's Playbook

Growing political pressure, high concentration of ownership, smears and abusive lawsuits against journalists, lack of oversight on public service media: we collected evidence to see why media freedom is in decline in Europe.

#MediaFreedomReport2022 , media freedom

Digital Services Act

A Big Chance To Fix The Internet

We call on EU regulators to prohibit targeted advertising, dark patterns, and generally, to protect our fundamental rights.

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Liberties Rule Of Law Report 2022

Pandemic emergency powers have become ‘normalised’ in some EU countries, while increasingly authoritarian regimes have further eroded democratic standards.

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Information Hub

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps in the EU

Many governments in the EU have deployed COVID-19 contact tracing apps to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. We built this Hub to monitor and understand the impact of these applications on our rights.

#TrackTheTrackers

Liberties Rule of Law Report 2021

Health of Our Democracies Compromised by Many EU Leaders During 2020

Authoritarians in Hungary, Poland and Slovenia abused the pandemic to continue eroding democratic standards, but traditionally strong democracies also disappoint.

media freedom , free courts , NGO rights , populism , protests , #DemandingOnDemocracy

#ReclaimYourFace

Sign Petition To Ban Biometric Mass Surveillance

Activists and citizens can now push the European Commission to protect them against facial recognition technologies.

#ReclaimYourFace , privacy , surveillance

Vaccine Passport

'Digital Green Pass' Could Lead To a 2-Tier Society

The fight against the pandemic should not result in any restrictions for those who get at the end of the queue for the vaccination.

#VaccinePassport

#TrackTheTrackers

We Investigate COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

With our member partners from Europe we push for more transparency & privacy among the COVID-19 contact tracing apps. Because health does matter, and so do our human rights.

A Guide For NGOs

How to Talk About Human Rights During COVID-19

This guide offers suggestions on how to frame human rights when speaking about measures that authorities are taking (or failing to take) to halt the spread and minimise the impact of coronavirus.

#HumanRightsUnderCorona

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Join Our Campaign to Protect Free Speech

Mandatory upload filters compromise freedom of expression, freedom to access information and personal data protection.

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Evidence-Based Communication and Campaigning Strategies To Protect Civic Space

Latest Campaigns

Media Freedom Report 2022

Digital Services Act

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We’re grateful to all our supporters

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17 countries audited, 32 NGOs contributed

Information Hub

Liberties Rule of Law Report 2021

#ReclaimYourFace

Vaccine Passport

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A Guide For NGOs

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