SOLIDAR’s Training Academy 2024 took place on 5-6 November, in Brussels, under the title ‘ReclAIming the power: building civil society’s perspective on AI for social justice’. This activity was part of the effort of demystifying AI and affirming the right of civil society to have a say in how AI is developing and to intervene…
The Sabir Festival SOLIDAR and a delegation of members were present at the 10th edition of the Sabir festival in Rome, in October. Sabir is the festival of Mediterranean cultures, named after a lingua franca mixing Arabic, French, Italian, Greek and Spanish spoken in North Africa and the Levant. It was founded in 2014, one…
SOLIDAR, together with more than 100 non-governmental organisations, including Amnesty International, the Children’s Rights International Network and Greenpeace, have called on the European Union to close the “hypocritical, cruel, unfair and intolerable” loopholes which allow companies in the EU to export products to other parts of the world even when those products have been banned…
To ensure that refugees can access protection, states must ensure the right to seek and enjoy asylum and uphold their commitments to the international refugee protection system. This obligation applies to all EU Member States under Article 18 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Yet, the recent and increasing attempts by the EU and…
SOLIDAR has proudly joined forces with more than 200 other organisations to sign a joint letter calling for a ban on EU production and exports of banned and hazardous pesticides. Ahead of the informal meeting of EU leaders that took place on June 17th to discuss the Strategic Agenda for the next legislative cycle, this…
Protests banned on grounds of protecting ‘public order’ and ‘security’ The European Civic Forum, Civil Liberties Union for Europe, CIVICUS, European Network Against Racism and Solidar are calling on the European Commission to address at the highest political level the unlawful restrictions on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression imposed by member states since the dramatic escalation of violence…
Three years after the Coup: EU’s Actions for Freedom and Dignity in Myanmar February 1st marked the sad third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. Since then, thousands of activists and trade unionists have been arbitrarily arrested, tortured, killed, and exposed to “abuses that amount to crimes against humanity” (Human Rights World Report 2023)….
The 3rd European Union (EU) and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit took place on 17th and 18th of July in Brussels. Before and during the Summit, civil society organisations from Europe and Latin America came together to present their views about what a renewed political partnership between the two regions should…
After a relative silence on the bi-regional agenda, the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (CELAC) will renew their strategic partnership with the holding of the 3rd EU-CELAC Summit (17-18 July 2023 in Brussels). Ahead of the Summit, CSOs have mobilised to call for a bi-regional partnership that promotes sustainable development and human…
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