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The anti-LGBT law passed in Hungary in 2021 has sparked widespread condemnation. Get the inside scoop on the law, the penalties, and the impact on human rights. What can you do to stop it?

The current legislative practices include repressive legislation, particularly targeting LGBTQI activists and CSOs active in the reception and integration of refugees, and human rights defenders vocally criticising the government. Other measures comprise State-sponsored smearing campaigns, piloted judicial rulings, and politically controlled access to public funds. Read all about it in this briefing.

This policy briefing aims to provide an overview of these measures and highlight their detrimental effects on civil society organisations (CSOs) and human rights defenders (HRDs) in the EU. Among others, the briefing discusses: the misuse of transparency and anti-money laundering laws, the State centralisation of the fund allocation system; the imposition of disproportionate taxes against CSOs and people who donate to CSOs, the spread of smear campaigns to discredit CSOs and HRDs; the intentional misuse of EU law to impose fines or criminal proceedings against HRDs; the use of existing defamation laws to sue and silence HRDs. Read more.

All RECLAIM employees are obligated to follow RECLAIM’s Anti-corruption policy and report breaches of the policy. All corruption incidents in RECLAIM, partner organisations or other incidents related to RECLAIM activities must be reported into the complaint mechanism. Read more about our policy here or visit https://www.reclaiming.eu/feedback

RECLAIM organises the workplace in such a way that psychosocial risks (Violence at work, Harassment in the workplace, Unwanted sexual behaviour) are minimized. Any substantial suspicion of (sexual) exploitation, abuse and/or harassment can be reported to the RECLAIM Chair and will be handled with full confidentiality by an independent complaints committee. RECLAIM staff can also send their complaints to an external mediator. Read more about our internal policies

RECLAIM has been operative since February 27, 2020. This booklet contains our by-laws and an in-depth explanation of RECLAIM’s governance, including the division of programmatic, financial oversight and management responsibilities between RECLAIM’s different decision-making structures

RECLAIM Staff Handbook describes the rules to ensure its staff’s health and well-being, the contract terms, and the applicable code of conduct and procedures - including the policies to prevent and address workplace bullying and sexual harassment, child abuse and corruption

RECLAIM places great emphasis on the transparency and openness of its activities. Regardless you are a donor or a supporter, you can read about our activities, our donors and more in this document.

This booklet describes responsibilities and decision-making processes on finance issues, the procedures for approving the purchase of goods/commissioning of services, and the systems we have in place to avoid conflict of interests and corruption risks.

In the unlikely event that an NGO becomes the focus of an unfounded EU funding investigation, its managers should know how to respond. This policy handbook analyses the EU legal framework and the Commission's internal procedures to help NGOs managers limit disruption – including the risk of seeing their EU projects funds suspended or definitively cut. The handbook also provides recommendations to the Commission and EU Member States donors on how to strike a balance between their statutory obligation to investigate all serious allegations of fraud and their responsibility to protect civic space.

Over the last years, the LGBT+ community in Poland became the target of increasing defamatory campaigns and discriminatory policies, culminating with the establishment of LGBT-free zones. In this legal briefing, we argue that the creation of such zones amounts to a violation of EU law on internal market and fundamental freedoms. Read more about what EU institutions and Member States can do to protect LGBT+ people in this executive summary and get in touch for the full legal opinion.

Wondering how to bring the voice of the LGBTQI community back at the heart of the EU? Have a look at our advocacy tips and develop your own EU advocacy strategy

Read more about how Hungary's 2021 anti-LGBT law criminalising the LGBTQI community is against fundamental rights and freedoms and how you can use EU law to challenge it

This policy briefing aims at providing an overview of the anti-LGBT trends in the EU as affecting the LGBTQI community as a whole and its particular impact over LGBTQI groups and rights defenders. The briefing also provides targeted recommendations for EU institutions and Member States' authorities to push back against those trends

Civil society organisations in the EU are facing increasing challenges in conducting their daily activities. In RECLAIM, we have identified three main trends that deserve our attention. Check our policy priorities and get in touch to know more!

In this short factsheet, we analyse how the EU legislator can give concrete meaning to NGOs’ freedom of association by recognising their right to access basic banking services. Read more to find out what opportunities exist at EU level to see European-based NGO's right to hold a simple business account recognised and what else banks can do to meet their responsabilites under the United Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Financial entities are subject to increasing obligations under EU CTF/AML legislation. Among them, vetting clients can be particularly expensive. When NGOs are clients, the specificities of the non-profit sector add further challenges. Read our factsheet to have a clearer picture of the impact that banks’ CTF and AML obligations have on civic space and how the EU, Member States and financial institutions can effectively end NGOs de-risking.

2021 has been full of developments, both at the legal and political level, as concerns rule of law and judicial independence, the protection of civic space and attempts to limit media pluralism. In this factsheet, you will find our assessment of such developments and the next steps we suggest NGOs, human rights defenders, EU institutions and Member States to take to curb such worrying trends.