PILP joins EU-Watchdog Liberties

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December 14, 2023
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PILP strengthens the European network of rights defenders through strategic litigation.

PILP will join the Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) as a new member organisation as of 1 January 2024; the move was approved at Liberties’ annual general assembly meeting.

“We are excited to join the Liberties network as PILP. We look forward to sharing insights regarding strategic litigation and movement lawyering methods and are committed to work with Liberties and the partners to achieve the highest possible levels of impact regarding the protection and promotion of human rights within the EU”, PILP general director Jelle Klaas said.

“With its impressive experience in human rights advocacy and strategic litigation in the Netherlands, PILP’s new membership of Liberties will further strengthen the network of human rights defenders at EU level and provide meaningful opportunities for cooperation with other member organisations”, said Balazs Denes, executive director at Liberties.

With PILP’s accession, Liberties will have a total of 19 member organisations from 18 EU Member States including Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

About Liberties

The Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) is a Berlin-based civil liberties group with member organisations across 19 countries in the EU campaigning on human and digital rights issues including the rule of lawmedia freedomcivic spaceSLAPPs, privacy, targeted advertisingAI and mass surveillance.

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