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
ALGERIA : OPEN LETTER TO POPE LEO XIV
Reference: TG EUR 47/2026.7505 His Holiness Pope Leo XIV The Apostolic Palace – Vatican City 07 April 2026 SUBJECT: POPE LEO XIV’S HISTORIC VISIT TO ALGERIA Your Holiness, Ahead of
EU must Act for Accountability, Civilian Protection, and Rights-Based policies in the Euro Mediterranean Region
More than a month since the US and Israeli war on Iran, triggering a spiraling regional conflict, the Middle East is witnessing serious violations of international law with dramatic humanitarian
Adoption of death penalty law by the Israeli Knesset requires urgent EU measures
As humanitarian and human rights organisations that have worked for years in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, we are appalled by the Israeli Knesset’s decision to approve a bill
Call to the Government of Lebanon to Recognize the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Over Events Since October 8, 2023
We, the undersigned activists and Lebanese, regional, and international civil society organizations, call on the Government of Lebanon to urgently take all necessary steps to recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over crimes committed