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‘The Path to Autoritarianism’

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Heartful thanks to our distinguished speakers @unsr-judges.bsky.social , @profpech.bsky.social , @petrabard.bsky.social

YouTube video by BACKSLIDING DEMOCRACIES Webinar - The path to Authoritarianism - Backsliding Democracies and The Role of The Institutions

On behalf of BackslidingDemocracies.org , we’re proud to share the recording of our webinar:

‘The Path to Autoritarianism’

👉🏻 youtu.be/zmkom-VrDdA?...

Heartful thanks to our distinguished speakers @unsr-judges.bsky.social , @profpech.bsky.social , @petrabard.bsky.social

Possibly the first ever Justice Minister of an EUMS to have won a rule of law-related case in Strasbourg prior to his appointment after being personally targeted repeatedly for speaking out in defence of the rule of law hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre?i=001-21...

Soldier in camouflage uniform checking documents of a civilian at a border checkpoint with text about little progress in investigating human rights violations at EU borders.

What has changed in investigating rights violations at EU borders?

This update from the @fra.europa.eu points to continued allegations of ill treatment & abuse but limited accountability.

Find out more: europa.eu/!qdjT8h

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🗓️ 7 July (Monday)

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“The Path to Authoritarianism – Backsliding Democracies and the Role of the Institutions”

With @unsr-judges.bsky.social , @petrabard.bsky.social , @profpech.bsky.social

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On behalf of our Association (Justice for Rule of Law), I had the privilege to join #WorldJusticeForum2025 in Warsaw and had the chance to listen to the leading voices in the area of #RuleOfLaw and discuss the pressing issues on our agenda.

www.JusticeForRuleOfLaw.eu

The Warsaw Principles for the Rule of Law The 2025 Warsaw Principles for the Rule of Law were launched on June 26, 2025, during the World Justice Forum in Warsaw, Poland. Developed by representatives from public institutions, international an...

"The 2025 Warsaw Principles for the #RuleofLaw ... serve as a universal and foundational framework to address the urgent need to strengthen the rule of law in the face of expanding authoritarianism and the erosion of fundamental rights"

worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-....

HUNGARY/ General affairs Council Hungary EU countries still shy away from taking away Orbán's voting rights   Brussels, 27 May 2025 - At the ...

After today’s hearing about the crack down on Hungary’s rule of law, the Council failed to take any measure to stop Orbán’s autocracy.

Hungarian organisations and journalists who are courageously defending European values, are left out in the cold. What a shame.

www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/p...

The Hungarian draft law on ‘transparency in public life’ must not be adopted, say PACE monitors Eerik-Niiles Kross (Estonia, ALDE) and George Papandreou (Greece, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Hungary, have made the follow...

The Hungarian draft law on "transparency in public life" must not be adopted, say PACE monitors @eeriknkross.bsky.social and George Papandreou.

Read their full statement:
pace.coe.int/en/news/9893...

Lawyers’ voices matter

Lawyers are increasingly becoming targets of harassment, intimidation and attacks.  

The Council of Europe’s new Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer requires states to protect them in various ways.

Greece should prevent pushbacks and ensure accountability for human rights violations at the borders - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int Strasbourg 06/05/2025

Greece should prevent #pushbacks and ensure accountability for #humanrights violations at the borders. Read my Memorandum to the authorities👇
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

A/79/362: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite Justice is not for sale: the improper influence of economic actors on the judiciary In a climate of increasing economic inequality, corporations and wealthy individuals in many places use their financial clout to infringe on the independence of the judiciary by attempting to interven...

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, I recall that action is needed to ensure powerful economic actors cannot misuse justice systems by bringing #SLAPP suits against journalists. Recommendations in my report here: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

With 1 year to go to expected elections, the question is how far Orban will go to emulate Erdogan's treatment of the opposition

A must read!

Erdoğan wants to link military power to EU accession "Erdoğan is misleading public opinion for domestic political purposes," said MEP Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament's rapporteur on Türkiye

Erdoğan wants people to believe military power will pave the way to Türkiye’s EU accession

newunionpost.eu/2025/04/11/e...

Livestream link to the Conference on “The Role of Civil Society in Protection of the Rule of Law:

x.com/MS_GOV_PL/st...

Organised by the Polish Ministry of Justice

Today, on Easter Monday, a sacred day of reflection in the Christian tradition, the world has lost a peacemaker.

We mourn the passing of Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church and of the Holy See 🇻🇦, one of our Observer States, and a fervent defender of European values.

"EU member states are considering more seriously than ever how to use their ultimate sanction against Hungary: the removal of voting rights under the EU treaty’s article 7."
If anything, what past decade has shown is rather the total lack of serious of most @consilium.europa.eu members on this front