News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The 9th of December 2018 marks 20 years since global leaders adopted the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. This was a major victory for the human rights movement as the international community finally gave due recognition to those brave individuals who devote their lives to fighting for all of our rights. Unfortunately, twenty years after
Read more →Ahead of the G20 summit in November 2018 in Buenos Aires, the Global NPO Coalition sent a letter to the G20 and its members, asking them to take global leadership on reducing bank de-risking, ensuring that all entities, including NPOs, have equal access to financial services. Through a communique at the November summit, the G-20
Read more →The government violated the Law on Amendments to NGOs in all segments of financial support to NGOs and disassembled this process, said Ana Novakovic, CRNVO Executive Director. As Novakovic said, the Law obliges ministries that will finance projects of NGOs, by 1 June of the current year, to propose priority areas for financing in the
Read more →The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recently published Guidelines on effectively implementing the right to participate in public affairs. Various dimensions of that right are covered, with a focus on participation in electoral processes, in non-electoral contexts and at the international level, and
Read more →In a joint report, Access Now, Civil Liberties Union for Europe and European Digital Rights have evaluated the Report of the High Level Expert Group on Fake News and Online, as well as related EU policy documents, to address the issue of the intentional dissemination of information that is designed to have an impact on
Read more →The Handbook on Registering a Civil Society Organization provides comparative information on incorporation and operation in 10 selected countries in Europe and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Lebanon, Sweden, Tunisia and Turkey. Each country note is broken down into 10 thematic subsections that contains specific, detailed requirements
Read more →On 9 October 2018, the Government of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia adopted the Strategy for cooperation with and development of the civil society, as well as the Action Plan 2018-2020. The Strategy is based on the results achieved so far, but it also elaborates a framework for future activities that will enable
Read more →The Coalition Saradnjom do Cilja (Co-operation to the goal), which consists of 100 NGOs, demands from the Ministry of Public Administration to urgently announce a call for co-financing projects and programs of NGOs financed from EU funds, and thus fulfill its legal obligation. The Government of Montenegro has adopted a Regulation on the procedure of co-financing
Read more →Now more than ever, businesses have strong incentives to take seriously their responsibility to respect human rights. Human rights developments can spark stock price fluctuations, negative consumer attitudes and loud employee demands to take action. In developing their human rights policies and processes, companies have come to depend upon civic freedoms that enable civil society
Read more →Third Sector Foundation of Türkiye (TUSEV) published the Tax Legislation Related to Foundations and Associations in Türkiye and Public Benefit Status: Current Situation and Recommendations…
Read more →Challenges and good practices in ensuring human rights-compliant assembly policing in the Western Balkans region and related available resources were explored and presented at an event in Warsaw on 17 September 2018, during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Some 40 representatives of civil society and state bodies took part in the event, which was organized
Read more →The Romanian Government has created a tool for challenging NGOs that may oppose its agenda under the guise of monitoring how they spend money received from citizens through tax donations. The Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Romania – the Helsinki Committee (APADOR-CH) has asked the Romanian Ombudsman to appeal Constitutional Court Order
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