Theme
Accountability, Justice and Space for Civil Society
The space available for civil society organisations working to promote, defend and protect human rights in the Euro-Mediterranean region is steadily declining, as is access to justice and accountability for citizens in the region. In Egypt, Algeria, Syria, Turkey, Palestine and Israel, civil society activists are repressed. Human rights organisations are systematically harassed and targeted by the governments. Furthermore, international support to human rights defenders and independent civil society organisations is increasingly criminalised via anti-terrorism laws and administrative obstacles.
Latest Publications
Tunisie – Algérie : régression des acquis démocratiques et des droits humains, solidarité avec les détenu.e.s et mobilisation des collectifs engagés
À l’occasion de la Journée internationale des droits humains, le 10 décembre, les, associations et citoyen·ne·s tunisien·ne·s et algérien·ne·s ,signataires de ce communiqué dénoncent avec force la régression des acquis
Climate, civil society organisations react to EU Mediterranean Pact
Earlier today, ministers from EU Member States and Southern Mediterranean countries gathered in Barcelona to launch the new Pact for the Mediterranean, a package of shared initiatives. Selected civil society responses
African Commission Should Act to Protect Rights Government and Commissioner’s Reports Exclude Key Violations
(Beirut, November 20, 2025) – The African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights should act decisively to address the dire, protracted human rights crisis in Egypt following its review of
Punishment by Proxy in Egypt: Families of Exiled Journalists, Activists and Human Rights Defenders Held Hostage by the Authorities
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the escalating pattern of “punishment by proxy” employed by the Egyptian authorities, which has only intensified in recent months. This years-long practice