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18
Oktober
2023

Protecting civil society – Update 2023

Civil society organisations struggle to maintain an environment safe from threats and attacks. FRA’s sixth annual update on civic space explores the challenges for organisations across the EU. While there has been significant development since FRA began monitoring the situation in 2018, civil society organisations remain under immense pressure. Abusive lawsuits and attacks against those involved in migrant search and rescue at sea are just some of the challenges identified. This report presents ways forward to protect civil society and human rights.

Figure 1 - How often CSOs faced barriers
Figure 2 – General conditions for CSOs
Figure 3 – Organisations perceiving a change in their own situation
Figure 4 – Challenges that CSOs encountered
Figure 5 – CSOs’ experiences of threats and attacks
Figure 6 – Developments in CSOs experiencing threats or attacks
Figure 7 – Impact of attacks on civil society
Figure 8 – Difficulties CSOs face with regard to funding
Figure 9 – CSOs’ perception of necessary changes in funding
Figure 10 – CSOs’ participation in public consultations
Figure 11 – CSOs’ perception of the overall quality of consultation/participation processes
Figure 12 – Difficulties CSOs encountered in participating in consultations