⚖📣 Our led the "Implementation of EU court judgements – what are the problems and prospects?" session, which addressed implementation challenges and recommendations about and
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➡ NGOs, national human rights institutions, and ombudspersons should network and collaborate more
All relevant actors could increase advocacy efforts and work in synergy. More refined strategies are needed, so participants in the session recommended thinking outside the box.
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➡ EU institutions should increase pressure on governments unwilling to comply with European court judgments.
The institutions could make non-compliance more costly by using their full toolbox. They can increase financial and reputational pressure on states.
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➡ More NGOs should work on the non-implementation of European court rulings
The session identified a lack of resources and capacity as an important barrier preventing NGOs from fully tackling the issue of non-implementation.
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📆 On November 15, we will participate in the conference #Words_Matter: Monitoring Misinformation and Hate Speech on Social Media, moderated by
We'll present our work in #Lebanon and #Jordan
Don't miss it ➡ bit.ly/3EhXsYA
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Thanks to all participants, specifically and the , who shared insight and resources.
A values-based framework for communicating on the #RuleOfLaw
➡️liberties.eu/en/stories/gui
10 keys to effectively communicating #HumanRights
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➡️We need to make an effort to cover all #RuleOfLaw issues.
With a couple of outliers always in the news and everyone’s minds, we risk missing the bigger picture of the rule of law in the EU. Rule of law problems exist in many countries.
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➡️We need to make the story matter
We can achieve this by connecting the rule of law to the everyday life of citizens. In fact, there are plenty of court cases where mundane issues are at stake.
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➡️ We need to break down the #RuleOfLaw to basics.
The rule of law is a complex concept. To communicate to the general public, we need to focus on core elements that are important, specific and comprehensive.
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⚖️📢Our shared insight into how civil society organisations, the media and institutions can effectively communicate on the #RuleOfLaw in the EU.
Through , we promote an informed debate around the #RoL by working with journalists and policymakers👇
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Our lays out why civil society organisations are essential in communicating the #RuleOfLaw.
🗣️ We can speak more openly, which is fundamental for public opinion. The challenge is to maintain a non-partisan approach, free from political ideologies.
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Our is talking about how #CivilSociety can help strengthen the #RuleOfLaw and vice versa.
🗣️ CSOs are flexible and faster in bringing issues to light, and they can kick off the discussion, as many did when Hungary's backsliding began.
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⚖️🇪🇺But what happens when member states refuse to implement reforms on the judiciary or the #RuleOfLaw?
"If we see year after year a refusal to implement reforms, we will have to go to the . But the first instrument we are using is dialogue", said the Commissioner.
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During his intervention highlighted the importance of having an independent judiciary and added that this is one of his highest concerns.
🗣️"Accessing an independent judge is the best way of obtaining justice", the EU Justice Commissioner said.
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Justice Commissioner shared improvements made to the Annual Rule of Law report, including recommendations for member states.
He also shared that the EU body will extend the period of consultations with civil society for the next year's edition.
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In her speech shared an important point we will also make about communicating on #RuleOfLaw.
"Societies are more than their institutions. We need therefore to involve people in human rights defence".
How do we connect the rule of law to everyday problems of citizens?
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, Head of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Winner organisation gave a speech on civil society and #HumanRights.
🗨️ "Human Rights and the #RuleOfLaw are as important as economic decisions, and they must be the bedrock of political decisionmaking".
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⚖️We are joining the annual #FundamentalRights Platform meeting, where we will be contributing to discussions on how civil society can strengthen the #RuleOfLaw.
Our , & will be contributing to the discussions.
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📣 Meet the #DisruptDisinfo experts
is an Elections and Civil Society Development Specialist interested in tech's impact on democracy. She manages election monitoring and advocacy programs, and researches tech’s impact on civil society and data in politics.
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On November 15 we will present our #Words_Matter report during the event in Beirut.
Find out how we monitored disinformation and hate speech during the elections in Jordan and Lebanon.
Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3EhXsYA
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📺 Stay tuned for tomorrow's annual meeting!
🗣️Our will speak on how civil society can help strengthen the #RuleOfLaw.
🗣️ Our will lead a breakout session on communicating on the #RuleOfLaw.
Register 👇
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How can #CivilSociety & #RuleOfLaw be mutually strengthened in the EU?
@EU_Justice Cmmr @dreynders & @ccl_ua head @avalaina will join for the #EURightsAgency annual #FundamentalRights Platform meeting to share their views.
To join and find out more:
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Proud to take part in this important initiative.
“The 13 experts from different corners of the world will share insights from their efforts to counter disinformation and bring regional perspectives on the influence of new technologies on democratic decision-making.”
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For our #DisinfoRadar project, we gathered 13 experts in a working group that will meet from September to December to #DisruptDisinfo.
How can we prepare society for tomorrow's disinformation strategies?
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It's #WorkingPaper Wednesday📚
Find Anna Damaskou's (20/21) #WorkingPaper "The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Rule of Law: Turning the Crisis into Opportunity" now online, serving as a #ShadowReport to the EU Rule of Law Report.
👉bit.ly/3TuDLRK
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[Column] If Twitter is an aggressive carnivore, Mastodon is best described as a small, leaf-eating herbivore. By @meyer_resende of @DemocracyR #Twitter #Musk #Mastodon euobserver.com/opinion/156395
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👥 For our #DisinfoRadar project, we gathered 13 experts in a working group that will meet from September to December to #DisruptDisinfo.
How can we prepare society for tomorrow's disinformation strategies?
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3hdp3kk
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⌛️ It’s a matter of time before malicious actors use text-to-image technology to spread #disinformation.
🔎 To learn more about this looming threat, we consulted leading experts to better understand the technology and explore solutions.
Read our report👇
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➡️ Have an aligned approach to digital policy. There is also competition. But competition under agreed rules is good.
➡️ Building structures and organisations. An example is the EU-US Trade and Technology Council.
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Our Digital Democracy Manager attended the U.S.-German Futures Forum and asked U.S. a critical question at the heart of our work.
🤔How can 🇩🇪 and 🇺🇸 work together to combat threats to digital inclusion and human rights?
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🇵🇱⚖️🇪🇺💶Here we go, Poland requests the Commission to cease collecting the 1m EUR/day penalty over disregarding a CJEU interim measure. Yesterday, the Polish government indicated that if this "nice" request doesn't work, they will sue the Commission before CJEU. 1/
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🔎 We will assess to what extent major social media networks are implementing the Code of Practice on Disinformation, an EU self-regulatory framework for platforms.
Sign up for our mailing list and tick 'Digital Democracy' to receive future updates 👇
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📸 Generating realistic images simply with a text prompt would not only help make fake news more credible but also perpetuate the biases and stereotypes that are already widespread.
Read the article on the threats of Text-to-Image Generation👇
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Stable Diffusion is a freely available text-to-image generation tool that holds great potential for disinformation. Why? 🤔
Free access means users can generate false racist images or defame public figures.
Read the consequences 👇
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🇩🇰 Denmark's record is undoubtedly positive. But are the authorities overconfident and fail to identify risky trends?
Read our analysis on #RuleOfLaw in #Denmark ahead of the Tuesday elections 👇 bit.ly/3zkHZnD
#valg22 #valg2022
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📰 Compared to other EU nations, there were no noticeable threats in the media sector. However, there was an attempt to force journalists to reveal confidential sources last year.
Denmark also lacks specific regulations to prevent news media concentration.
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💰 Denmark's corruption is perceived to be low, but its anti-corruption system is not fully adequate.
Denmark does not follow 's guidance, and the European Commission has reprimanded the country for lacking control of asset declarations submitted by key public actors.
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⚖ Denmark is first in Europe and the world in the 's #RuleOfLaw ranking.
🧑⚖️ A big challenge is an under-resourced judiciary. Denmark has one of the lowest numbers of judges per 100,000 inhabitants in 🇪🇺
⌛The average time has increased in civil and criminal cases.
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🇩🇰A government crisis forced #Denmark to call an early vote. Time for us to look at the country's #RuleofLaw performance.
🎖While 🇩🇰 ranks first in almost all categories, not all that glitters is gold…Many underlying issues are neglected.
Find out 👇
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🗳️ The Danish are casting their votes next Tuesday in an election triggered by a government crisis.
🇩🇰 If we look at the country's #RuleofLaw rankings, nothing is rotten in the state of Denmark. But what do we see if we dig deeper? 🕳️
Our analysis 👉 bit.ly/3zkHZnD
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