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Reports & Papers

How to Message on The Rights of People From Marginalized Groups: A Communications Guide for Organisations Promoting Human Rights

pdf • mayo 04, 2023

Joint Letter by 230 NGOs - EU Foreign Interference Law: Is Civil Society at Risk?

pdf • mayo 03, 2023

Joint Public Letter Responding to the CULT Draft Report on the European Media Freedom Act

pdf • abril 28, 2023

Protecting Democracy Means Protecting Civic Space - Messaging Guide To Resist New EU Registration and Restrictions on Civil Society

pdf • abril 19, 2023

Input for the European Commission supporting its efforts in further specifying procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation

pdf • abril 17, 2023

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Open letter to Members of the European Parliament: 40 NGOs Ask For a Strong Media Freedom Act

pdf • febrero 08, 2023

Policy Statement On Article 17 Of The Proposed European Media Freedom Act

pdf • enero 23, 2023

Opinion On The Proposal For The European Media Freedom Act: Policy Brief

pdf • diciembre 15, 2022

How to Message on Human Rights (available as e-learning course on knowledgehub.liberties.eu)

pdf • noviembre 16, 2022

Civil society public letter on the Council’s proposed general approach to the Regulation of Political Advertising

pdf • octubre 30, 2022

Regulation of Political Advertising in the EU

pdf • septiembre 20, 2022

Policy Brief: To The Proposal of The Regulation Laying Down Rules To Prevent And Combat Child Sexual Abuse

pdf • septiembre 19, 2022

European Media Freedom Act: Joint Statement By Media Freedom & Journalist Groups

pdf • septiembre 16, 2022

Political Advertising on Facebook During the 2022 Hungarian Parliamentary Elections

pdf • septiembre 08, 2022

NGO letter to EU Ministers on rule of law and human rights situation in Poland

pdf • junio 29, 2022

CASE: Expert Brief on the European Commission’s EU anti-SLAPP Proposals

pdf • junio 29, 2022

Regulating the Political Ads In The EU: Policy Paper

pdf • junio 22, 2022

Adjusting To The New Normal - Our journey in the second year of the pandemic - LIBERTIES ANNUAL REPORT 2021

pdf • mayo 10, 2022

Digital Services Act Human Rights Alliance: Don’t compromise on the protection of fundamental rights in the ongoing negotiations

pdf • abril 22, 2022

Joint NGO Letter to The DSA Negotiation Team (Article 7 and 27 of the Digital Services Act)

pdf • marzo 29, 2022

Policy Recommendations For The Media Freedom Act

pdf • marzo 22, 2022

Media Freedom Report 2022

pdf • marzo 22, 2022

Open letter: Civil society call for a Digital Services Act that benefits people and is compatible with human rights

pdf • marzo 02, 2022

Joint Statement on Stakeholder Inclusion in the Code of Practice on Disinformation Revision Process

pdf • febrero 25, 2022

Sweden: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Spain: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Slovenia: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Slovakia: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Romania: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Poland: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Netherlands: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Italy: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Ireland: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Hungary: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Germany: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

France: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Estonia: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Czech Republic: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Croatia: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Bulgaria: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Belgium: Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • febrero 17, 2022

Sweden: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

pdf • enero 31, 2022

Croatia: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

pdf • enero 31, 2022

Czech Republic: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

pdf • enero 31, 2022

Bulgaria: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

pdf • enero 31, 2022

Romania: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

pdf • enero 31, 2022

Italy: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

pdf • enero 31, 2022

Slovakia: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

pdf • enero 31, 2022

Slovenia: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

pdf • enero 31, 2022

Liberties Rule of Law Report 2022

pdf • enero 27, 2022

SLAPPs In Europe: How The EU Can Protect Watchdogs From Abusive Lawsuits

pdf • enero 13, 2022

Informing the Disinfo Debate: A Policy Guide for Protecting Human Rights

pdf • diciembre 17, 2021

How To Talk About Civic Space: A Guide For Progressive Civil Society Facing Smear Campaigns

pdf • diciembre 10, 2021

Joint NGO letter to the General Affairs Council meeting on 14 December 2021

pdf • diciembre 09, 2021

Policy Recommendations On Tackling Disinformation Online

pdf • noviembre 22, 2021

A Short Messaging Guide For The Proponents of The Rule of Law Guide

pdf • noviembre 15, 2021

Liberties Annual Report 2017 - 2019

pdf • noviembre 10, 2021

LIberties Annual Report 2020

pdf • noviembre 10, 2021

Watchdogs Urge Commission And EU Anti-Fraud Office To Release Report On Hungarian Corruption Case - Open Letter by Atlatszo, K-Monitor, TASZ, Liberties to the Commission, OLAF

pdf • noviembre 08, 2021

Solutions For Regulating Microtargeted Political Advertising On Online Platforms

pdf • octubre 29, 2021

Do EU Governments Continue To Operate Contact Tracing Apps Illegitimately?

pdf • octubre 27, 2021

One Year Under COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: What Has Europe Learned?

pdf • octubre 12, 2021

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps in the EU: Lessons from Germany

pdf • agosto 31, 2021

Recommendations on EC draft AI regulation

pdf • julio 13, 2021

Submission to the European Commission in the framework of the 2nd Annual Rule of Law Review Cycle

pdf • junio 24, 2021

HUNGARY 2020: Country Report on Democratic Records

pdf • junio 15, 2021

How to Talk About Ethnic Profiling: A Guide for Campaigners - A Guide For Campaigners

pdf • junio 08, 2021

COVID-19 Technology in the EU: A Bittersweet Victory For Human Rights?

pdf • junio 01, 2021

ePrivacy: Letter To MEPs To Ban Cookie Banners

pdf • junio 01, 2021

Policy Brief for the Trialogue Negotiations on the Digital Green Certificate (EU COVID-19 Certificate)

pdf • mayo 31, 2021

Slovenia: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

pdf • mayo 13, 2021

How the EU Can Mitigate Disinformation Without Harming Fundamental Rights

pdf • abril 27, 2021

Digital Green Certificate - Open Letter to MEPs

pdf • abril 26, 2021

FRANCE 2020: Country Report on Democratic Records

pdf • abril 15, 2021

SPAIN 2020: Country Report on Democratic Records

pdf • abril 15, 2021

IRELAND 2020: Country Report on Democratic Records

pdf • abril 15, 2021

GERMANY 2020: Country Report on Democratic Records

pdf • abril 15, 2021

POLAND 2020: Country Report on Democratic Records

pdf • abril 15, 2021

ePrivacy: Letter To MEPs To Protect Freedom & Privacy Online

pdf • abril 14, 2021

Digital Green Certificate: Concerns With The European Commission's Proposal For Regulation And Suggestions For Amendment - Policy Brief

pdf • marzo 24, 2021

Open Letter By NGO Coalition To MEPs Urging Them To Vote Against The Proposal On Regulating Terrorist Content Online

pdf • marzo 22, 2021

Security Through Human Rights

pdf • marzo 17, 2021

Participatory Democracy Under Threat: Growing Restrictions On The Freedoms of NGOs In The EU

pdf • marzo 17, 2021

Analysis of Hungarian Parliament Bill T/14967 In Light of EU Rules on Anti-Money Laundering And Terrorist Financing And Free Movement of Capital

pdf • marzo 17, 2021

How The European Parliament Can Protect the EU’s Fundamental Values: An Inter-parliamentary Rights Dialogue

pdf • marzo 17, 2021

The Rule of Law Dialogue: Five Ideas For Future EU Presidencies

pdf • marzo 17, 2021

Digital Green Pass: What The European Commission And Members States Should Do to Make 'Green Pass' Safer And More Inclusive

pdf • marzo 15, 2021

Liberties Rule of Law Report 2021: Demanding on Democracy - Country & Trend Reports on Democratic Records by Civil Liberties Organisations Across the European Union

pdf • marzo 08, 2021

Enforcing the EU Court of Justice's Judgment on the Hungarian NGO Law: 3 Key Recommendations to the European Commission

pdf • diciembre 18, 2020

Liberties - Solutions for Microtargeted Political Advertising

pdf • diciembre 07, 2020

Letter to Chancellor Merkel - Rule of Law and the General Regime of Conditionality for the Protection of the Union Budget

pdf • diciembre 04, 2020

Protecting Public Watchdogs Across the EU: A Proposal for an EU Anti-SLAPP Law

pdf • noviembre 30, 2020

EU Harmonized Rules to Protect Public Watchdogs Against SLAPPS: Some Preliminary Reflections

pdf • noviembre 16, 2020

Letter to the EC - Information Regarding the Interoperability of COVID 19 Contact-Tracing Apps in the European Union

pdf • noviembre 12, 2020

Open Letter on Behalf of Civil Society Groups Regarding the Proposal for a Regulation on Terrorist Content Online

pdf • noviembre 10, 2020

Liberties Civic Space Report: Germany’s Civic Space Problem

pdf • noviembre 02, 2020

Locking Down Critical Voices - Liberties & Greenpeace EU Report

pdf • septiembre 22, 2020

Copyright consultation - Liberties Survey

pdf • septiembre 17, 2020

A Comprehensive Plan to Innovate Democracy in Europe - Civil Society Vision for the European Democracy Action Plan

pdf • septiembre 15, 2020

DSA Consultation - Liberties Position Paper

pdf • septiembre 08, 2020

Joint Statement - Online Political Advertising Transparency

pdf • septiembre 08, 2020

Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights in EU Policy Backgrounders for the Germany Presidency of the EU

pdf • julio 02, 2020

Joint Statement in Response to the Inception Impact Assessments on a New Competition Tool Ex Ante Regulatory Instrument for Large Online Platforms Acting as Gatekeepers

pdf • junio 30, 2020

Consultation on the “White Paper on Artificial Intelligence - A European Approach to Excellence and Trust”

pdf • junio 16, 2020

Joint Letter to the EU Council on Telecommunications

pdf • junio 04, 2020

A Response to the European Commission Consultation on Rule of Law in the EU

pdf • junio 03, 2020

A New Fundamental Rights Strategy for the EU: Recommendations from Liberties

pdf • junio 02, 2020

Amicus Brief: Mandl and Others v. Hungary

pdf • mayo 25, 2020

Joint NGO letter to the EU Commission: Hungarian Decree on GDPR and the Media

pdf • mayo 14, 2020

Principles of the Guidelines Elaborated for the Transposition of Article 17

pdf • mayo 13, 2020

Joint Letter to EDPB - Hungary GDPR Decree - Access Now, Liberties, HCLU

pdf • mayo 11, 2020

A Response to the European Commission Consultation on Rule of Law in the EU

pdf • mayo 07, 2020

Onepager - How to Talk About Human Rights During COVID-19

pdf • abril 14, 2020

GUIDE - How to Talk About Human Rights During COVID-19

pdf • abril 14, 2020

EC Reply to Open Letter from Liberties and Partners

pdf • febrero 18, 2020

Copyright Implementation Open Letter

pdf • enero 14, 2020

Letter to Google on ePrivacy

pdf • enero 09, 2020

Backgrounders for the Von der Leyen Commission - Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights in EU Policy

pdf • noviembre 21, 2019

Model Ethical Funding Policy for NGOs

docx • septiembre 02, 2019

Countering Populist Authoritarians - A Guide for Funders and Civil Society Organisations

pdf • junio 13, 2019

A Response to the Commission Communication on Further Strengthening the Rule of Law within the Union - Liberties Policy Paper

pdf • junio 07, 2019

AdTech Ryan Report: Full Version

pdf • junio 06, 2019

AdTech Complaint Ireland - final

odt • junio 04, 2019

AdTech Complaint UK - final

odt • junio 04, 2019

AdTech Ryan Report (English)

pdf • junio 03, 2019

Copyright Open Letter to the EC

pdf • mayo 17, 2019

Under Siege - Why Polish Courts Matter for Europe

pdf • marzo 20, 2019

Brief Overview and Analysis of Tools Available to the EU to Protect Pluralist Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights

pdf • febrero 12, 2019

Mozilla Open Letter to Facebook - Political Ads Transparency

pdf • febrero 11, 2019

Copyright Directive Council Compromise

pdf • febrero 06, 2019

Countering Populist Authoritarians - Liberties Publication - Executive Summary

pdf • noviembre 30, 2018

Countering Populist Authoritarians - Liberties Publication - e-Book

epub • noviembre 29, 2018

Countering Populist Authoritarians - Liberties Publication

pdf • noviembre 28, 2018

Fake News Report - Informing the Disinformation Debate

pdf • octubre 17, 2018

European Values Instrument - Open Letter

pdf • octubre 01, 2018

Opinion on the Proposal for the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Protection of Persons Reporting on Breaches of Union Law

pdf • julio 26, 2018

Analysis of the Commission's Proposal for a Rights and Values Programme

pdf • junio 21, 2018

Two Proposals to Promote and Protect European Values through the Multi-Annual Financial Framework: Conditionality of EU Funds and a Financial Instrument to Support NGOs Executive Summary

Reports & Papers

How to Message on The Rights of People From Marginalized Groups: A Communications Guide for Organisations Promoting Human Rights

Joint Letter by 230 NGOs - EU Foreign Interference Law: Is Civil Society at Risk?

Joint Public Letter Responding to the CULT Draft Report on the European Media Freedom Act

Protecting Democracy Means Protecting Civic Space - Messaging Guide To Resist New EU Registration and Restrictions on Civil Society

Input for the European Commission supporting its efforts in further specifying procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation

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Be a part of protecting our freedoms

Together we’re making the difference

The Defence Of Democracy Needs Free NGOs: Policy Recommendations

Summer Campaign Accelerator 2023: Q&A & Call for Application

Media Ownership Within EMFA

Rule of Law Report 2023: Lithuania

Liberties Rule of Law Report 2023

Rule of Law Report 2023: Croatia

Rule of Law Report 2023: Sweden

Rule of Law Report 2023: Spain

Rule of Law Report 2023: Slovenia

Rule of Law Report 2023: Slovakia

Rule of Law Report 2023: Romania

Rule of Law Report 2023: Poland

Rule of Law Report 2023: The Netherlands

Rule of Law Report 2023: Italy

Rule of Law Report 2023: Ireland

Rule of Law Report 2023: Hungary

Rule of Law Report 2023: Germany

Rule of Law Report 2023: France

Rule of Law Report 2023: Estonia

Rule of Law Report 2023: Czech Republic

Rule of Law Report 2023: Bulgaria

Rule of Law Report 2023: Belgium

Liberties Rule of Law Report 2023

Open letter to Members of the European Parliament: 40 NGOs Ask For a Strong Media Freedom Act

Policy Statement On Article 17 Of The Proposed European Media Freedom Act

Opinion On The Proposal For The European Media Freedom Act: Policy Brief

How to Message on Human Rights (available as e-learning course on knowledgehub.liberties.eu)

Civil society public letter on the Council’s proposed general approach to the Regulation of Political Advertising

Regulation of Political Advertising in the EU

Policy Brief: To The Proposal of The Regulation Laying Down Rules To Prevent And Combat Child Sexual Abuse

European Media Freedom Act: Joint Statement By Media Freedom & Journalist Groups

Political Advertising on Facebook During the 2022 Hungarian Parliamentary Elections

NGO letter to EU Ministers on rule of law and human rights situation in Poland

CASE: Expert Brief on the European Commission’s EU anti-SLAPP Proposals

Regulating the Political Ads In The EU: Policy Paper

Adjusting To The New Normal - Our journey in the second year of the pandemic - LIBERTIES ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Digital Services Act Human Rights Alliance: Don’t compromise on the protection of fundamental rights in the ongoing negotiations

Joint NGO Letter to The DSA Negotiation Team (Article 7 and 27 of the Digital Services Act)

Policy Recommendations For The Media Freedom Act

Media Freedom Report 2022

Open letter: Civil society call for a Digital Services Act that benefits people and is compatible with human rights

Joint Statement on Stakeholder Inclusion in the Code of Practice on Disinformation Revision Process

Sweden: Rule of Law Report 2022

Spain: Rule of Law Report 2022

Slovenia: Rule of Law Report 2022

Slovakia: Rule of Law Report 2022

Romania: Rule of Law Report 2022

Poland: Rule of Law Report 2022

Netherlands: Rule of Law Report 2022

Italy: Rule of Law Report 2022

Ireland: Rule of Law Report 2022

Hungary: Rule of Law Report 2022

Germany: Rule of Law Report 2022

France: Rule of Law Report 2022

Estonia: Rule of Law Report 2022

Czech Republic: Rule of Law Report 2022

Croatia: Rule of Law Report 2022

Bulgaria: Rule of Law Report 2022

Belgium: Rule of Law Report 2022

Sweden: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

Croatia: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

Czech Republic: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

Bulgaria: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

Romania: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

Italy: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

Slovakia: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

Slovenia: Rule Of Law Country Report 2020

Liberties Rule of Law Report 2022

SLAPPs In Europe: How The EU Can Protect Watchdogs From Abusive Lawsuits

Informing the Disinfo Debate: A Policy Guide for Protecting Human Rights

How To Talk About Civic Space: A Guide For Progressive Civil Society Facing Smear Campaigns

Policy Recommendations On Tackling Disinformation Online