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- 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
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- European Commission (2021), ‘2021 rule of law report’.
- European Commission (2022), ‘2022 rule of law report’.
- European Network Against Racism (2022), Racialisation and shrinking space: Defending the human rights of racialised people in Europe.
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- FRA (2019), Civil society space – Views of organisations, Luxembourg, Publications Office.
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- FRA (2020), Civic space – Experiences of organisations in 2019, Luxembourg, Publications Office.
- FRA (2021), COVID-impact on civil society work. Results of consultation with FRA’s Fundamental Rights Platform.
- FRA (2022), Human rights cities in the European Union, Luxembourg, Publications Office.
- Front Line Defenders (2021), Sex worker rights defenders at risk.
- Hayes, B. and Joshi, P. (2020), Rethinking civic space in an age of intersectional crises: A briefing for funders.
- OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) (2022), ‘Civic space scan of Portugal’ (in Portuguese).
- OHCHR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) (1998), Declaration on the right and responsibility of individuals, groups and organs of society to promote and protect universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, 9 December 1998.
- OSCE (2022), Strengthening the resilience of NHRIs and responding to threats – Guidance tool, Warsaw, OSCE/ODIHR.
- PartnersGlobal (2020), Resiliency+ Framework – A guide for civil society to thrive in uncertain times.
- SOS Children’s Villages (2021), Toolkit for children and young people’s participation in advocacy, Vienna, SOS Children’s Villages.
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