'There is no justification for this 🇬🇪 law that would be consistent with European and international standards,' finds the Council of Europe Expert Council on NGO Law #NoToRussianLaw
Opinion: rm.coe.int/conf-exp-2024-…

'There is no justification for this 🇬🇪 law that would be consistent with European and international standards,' finds the Council of Europe Expert Council on NGO Law #NoToRussianLaw
Opinion: rm.coe.int/conf-exp-2024-…

We join over 250 political and civil society leaders, Nobel laureates & pro-democracy organisations ahead of the #EUElections and call on the next EU leadership to defend democracy and the rule of law with 10 policy priorities in the EU and abroad. idea.int/call-to-defend…

The time machine has reached Hungary's government paper Magyar Nemzet.

'In May, when the scent of flowers and grass fills the air in the Great Plain, I will pay a state visit to Hungary at the invitation of President Tamás Sulyok and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán'.

Before 🇭🇺’s example becomes a disturbingly familiar phenomenon in other 🇪🇺 countries, we must invest heavily in independent institutions, a free civil society, and a free media, to empower them to resist the siren songs of authoritarian leaders.

My ✍🏻 for Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

What makes the #ruleoflaw resilient in the EU 🇪🇺? For one, a democratic political culture that enforces compliance and sanctions non-compliance.
Launch of the RESILIO report by Institut für Europäische Politik Funda Tekin maria skóra 🇪🇺 York A Stiftung Mercator

🇪🇺⚖️🇩🇪 Happening today: the Berlin launch of Institut für Europäische Politik RESILIO project report by maria skóra 🇪🇺 and team at Stiftung Mercator HQ with a whole bunch of old friends including but not limited to: Márta Pardavi Neus Vidal Luise Quaritsch Daniel Hegedus László Detre

How to strengthen the security and protection of #humanrightsdefenders in the EU 🇪🇺? The team of Protection International joined #ourRAREpeople in Budapest 🇭🇺 at a training hosted by Hungarian Helsinki Committee.
🙏🏻 NEDemocracy, Swedish Postcode Foundation and Stiftung Mercator for supporting RARE.

Budapest 6th district mayor, Tamás Soproni posts Hungarian poetry day video of immigrant schoolchildren reciting Hungarian poems (some in truly flawless Hungarian).

Want to know how Viktor Orbán’s people secretly financed the acquisition of Euronews, one of the biggest news channels in Europe?

Read the English version of our joint investigation with Le Monde and Expresso.

direkt36.hu/en/bizalmas-ir…

Enquête | Derrière le rachat de la chaîne d’infos Euronews, l’ombre de Viktor Orban lemonde.fr/economie/artic…

The perpetuated state of danger has been again extended until November 2024 in 🇭🇺. This excessive and abusive use of emergency decrees undermines the rule of law, and interferes with the operation of businesses in the EU’s single market.
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🚨Democracy ALERT: Georgian Government Reintroduces Law on Foreign Agents.

This development follows a broader political trend that aims at closing civic space & repressing political dissent.

Join us in solidarity by sharing this alert with your networks.
movedemocracy.org/democracy-aler…

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📅April 3 at 12:00pm (CEST)

🟢📢 WEBINAR Wed 20/03, 13:00 CET 🇪🇺🇭🇺
Join us & Heinrich Böll Stiftung Prague for a discussion on the European Parliament's lawsuit against the European Commission re. #Hungary -EU funds-Rule of Law, with Márta Pardavi Kim Lane Scheppele Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 & Adéla Jurečková
Register now! 👇🏽 calendar.boell.de/en/event/no-ca…

The Venice Commission in its new opinion recommends
✔️repealing the Hungarian Sovereignty Protection Act in the sections relating to the Sovereignty Protection Office, and
✔️amending it for more precise definitions in its criminal law provisions. venice.coe.int/webforms/docum…

📢 WEBINAR | March 20, 2024
🇪🇺🇭🇺 Join us for a discussion about the #EuropeanParliament 's #lawsuit against the #EuropeanCommission . Adéla Jurečková, director of Heinrich Böll Stiftung Prague, hosts experts Márta Pardavi, Kim Lane Scheppele, and Laurent Pech 🇺🇦.
Register now! Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union, Brussels #EU
calendar.boell.de/en/event/no-ca…

Rule of Law & Business - SPAR supermarket group complains to European Commission that HU special tax is discriminatory and “clearly incompatible with EU law as they violate, in particular (. . .) free movement of goods, freedom of establishment and the Charter of Fundamental Rights.”

Our glass-ceiling index measures the role and influence of women in the workforce. Explore each indicator and country in more depth here: econ.st/48IjEqM

#InspireInclusion #IWD2024

#ourRAREpeople are at #RightsForum24 in Vienna at Europe’s largest human rights event this year. Katarzyna Batko-Tołuć Thomas Lohninger NL Helsinki Committee Hungarian Helsinki Committee Hertie School HR Cities Network Election-Watch.EU