Today Civil Society Organization SLOGA presented a report on the iliberal democratic trends in Europe, describing political attacks on fundamental human rights in Latvia, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. SLOGA’s platform director Albin Keuc commented for the STA we should not wait for the normal public discourse to be disabled in Slovenia.
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Civilnodružbena organizacija SLOGA je danes predstavila poročilo o aliberalnih demokratičnih trendih v Evropi, v katerem so opisani politični napadi na temeljne človekove pravice v Latviji, Sloveniji, na Hrvaškem in Madžarskem. Direktor platforme SLOGA Albin Keuc je za STA povedal, da v Sloveniji ne smemo čakati, da bo onemogočen normalni javni diskurz. Beri dalje
SLOGA, in co-operation with partner organizations from the participating countries, has published a report on the illiberal democracy trends in Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary and Latvia. Beri dalje
Civilnodružbene organizacije iz Madžarske, Hrvaške (CROSOL), Latvije (LAPAS) in Slovenije (SLOGA) so pričele z vseevropsko spletno kampajo proti povečanju aliberalinih demokracij. Kampanja »Več demokracije za več Evrope« (More Democracy for More Europe) je odgovor na vedno večje aliberalne trende, predvsem v Vzhodni Evropi, njen namen pa je spodbuditi državljane teh držav, da ostanejo zvesti človekovim pravicam, liberalni demokraciji in vladavini prava. Beri dalje
SLOGA’s director Albin Keuc was one of the panelist at “Living on the edge of illiberal democracy” panel held in Zagreb during international conference: “Illiberal democracies: Europe between autocracy and democracy” that was organized as an activity of joint european project More Democracy for more Europe. Beri dalje
CONCORD members gathered in Budapest on 8th and 9th November to discuss the shrinking space for civil society in Europe. This event, the first of its kind, aimed to foster information-sharing and mutual learning between our members on the solutions they are exploring. CONCORD Hungarian members, HAND, supported the preparation of the event and highlighted the extreme situation for civil society in the country. The invitees look around for solutions aimed at stopping the shrinking of CSOs spaces across Europe. Round table panel discussion was organised within the frame of a joint project run by four CONCORD members: CROSOL (Croatian national platform), HAND (Hungarian national platform), LAPAS (Latvian national platform) and SLOGA (Slovenian national platform)
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Shrinking civil society space through illiberal democracy governance:
A View from Hungary, Poland and Croatia
Danubius Hotel Arena Ifjúság útja 1-3, 1148 Budapest, Hungary
November 8, 2016, 17:00 – 18:30
In recent years we have seen the rise of the anti-liberal democracy politics in Eastern European EU member states. The situation in Poland and Hungary is maybe the best example of such politics where citizens are giving support to political parties whose political objectives are against the EU rule of law principles. Other Eastern and Central European states are also vulnerable towards these types of attacks. In Croatia, the last government tried, but has failed, to go into the Hungarian and Polish illiberal governance model, conducting attacks on civil society groups, independent media and the rise of xenophobia. Current refugee crisis has also deepen those concerns. This is a clear sign that the citizens of Eastern European EU member states are willing to give up of some of the fundamental human rights values such as freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, free media, civil society or independent judiciary. Those trends are seriously harming EU rule of law principles but also are derogating human rights standards.
Although we are witnessing shrinking of the CSOs spaces across Europe, it is important to note different models and strategies which some governments are using to shrink those spaces. So called illiberal democracy model is specifically targeting CSOs and the media, without any hidden but rather direct agenda to exclude CSOs and independent media from the political arena.
Those attacks should also concern development CSOs across European Union. Derogation of human rights and democratic standards within the EU is questioning the credibility of EU CSOs active abroad to work on democracy and human rights issues across the globe. How can CSOs in EU be taken seriously globally, if our governments back home are lacking the respect of human rights and democratic standards?
During this round table we shall inform the public about the current situation in Poland, Hungary and Croatia and discuss how the civil resistance and cooperation between CSOs across the EU can create line of resistance towards attacks on our fundamental freedoms: freedom of expression, association and assembly.
The panelists at the round table are:
András Dési, Hungarian journalist, Népszabadság
Tamás Bodoky, Hungarian journalist
Veronika Móra, Hungarian civil society expert
Małgorzata Szuleka, Helsińska Fundacja Praw Człowieka Poland (also Polish Black Monday Activist)
Gordan Bosanac, Chair of Croatian national platform CROSOL
Moderator: Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD Director
More Democracy for More Europe – project supported by EU – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency.