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CINGO’s Expert Council invites Bulgaria to revise its Law on Interest Representation
The Expert Council on NGO Law – a body of the Conference of INGOs – is publishing its Opinion on the Compatibility of the Bulgarian Law on Interest Representation with European Standards. The Opinion concludes that regulating lobbying is not inherently problematic. However, insofar as such...
Romania: legislative initiative prompts concerns from the President of CINGO and its Expert Council on NGO Law
In a letter dated 28 May sent to the Permanent Representative of Romania to the Council of Europe, the President of the Conference of International NGO and the President of its Expert Council on NGO Law are sharing concerns regarding the recent legislative proposal (L233/2026) to amend Government...
Georgia and Greece passed problematic laws for NGOs, says CINGO’s Expert Council on NGO Law
The Expert Council on NGO Law, an expert body of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, has just published two opinions on recent legal changes introduced in Georgia earlier this month and in Greece in February, that particularly affect civil society activities. Georgia’s amendments to...
Call to contribute to a new study on “Restrictions on NGOs Representing or Providing Support to National Minorities”
The Expert Council on NGO Law of the Conference of INGOs is launching a new study on “Restrictions on NGOs Representing or Providing Support to National Minorities” and is therefore inviting Civil Society Groups, National Human Rights Institutions and Others Working on National Minority Issues to...
New study on the situation of NGOs in Europe in 2024-2025
The Expert Council on NGO Law, an expert body of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, has just published a study on “Recent adverse developments for non-governmental organisations in Europe”. This study evaluates the current situations of NGOs in the Council of Europe. It follows...
CINGO President and Expert Council react to dissolution of Young LGBTI+ Association in Türkiye
In a letter dated 17 December to the Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the Council of Europe, the President of the Conference of INGOs and the President of its Expert Council on NGO Law react to the recent court ruling that dissolved the Young Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex...
CINGO President and Expert Council react to recent statements by Greece’s Minister of Migration and Asylum
In a letter dated 5 September to the Permanent Representative of Greece to the Council of Europe, the President of the Conference of INGOs and the President of its Expert Council on NGO Law react to recent statements by Greece’s Minister of Migration and Asylum commenting adversely on NGOs that...
Implementation of Georgia’s Foreign Agents Registration Act will cause “grave and unjustified damage to civil society”, says CINGO’s Expert Council on NGO Law
The Expert Council on NGO Law, an expert body of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, has just published an opinion on the Foreign Agents Registration Act adopted by the Parliament of Georgia on 1 April 2025. It finds that several of the provisions are not sufficiently prescribed by...
Hungary’s Bill on the Transparency of Public Life: a significant threat for the legitimate functioning of civil society organisations, says CINGO’s Expert Council on NGO Law
The Expert Council on NGO Law, a body of the Conference of International non-Governmental Organisations (CINGO), has just published an opinion on the Bill on the Transparency of Public Life which was submitted to the National Assembly of Hungary on 13 May 2025. The opinion finds that "several of...
Expert Council on NGO Law Publishes Addendum to its Opinion on the Slovak Republic’s NGO framework regulation Introducing the concept of “organisations supported from abroad”
This addendum builds on the Expert Council’s Opinion (“the Opinion”) on draft amendments to various laws relating to different forms of non-governmental organisations (“NGOs”) and which passed their first reading in Parliament on 30 April 2024. They were adopted by the National Council...
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