Civil Liberties Union for Europe

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Overview

Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

Lobbying Costs

None declared

Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

11.75 Fte (14)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

11

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Civil Liberties Union for Europe   (Liberties)

    EU Transparency Register

    544892227334-39 First registered on 08 Jun 2017

    Goals / Remit

    The mission of the Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) is to promote protect and uphold human rights, civil liberties, the rule of law and democratic values in the European Union. The work of Liberties is guided by universal human rights, the universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality, international understanding, tolerance and solidarity for each human being. Liberties is also committed to promoting an inclusive human rights culture in the European Union without distinction of race, gender, nationality, social condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, functional diversity and ethnic, cultural, religious or any other background.

    Main EU files targeted

    - Promotion and protection of fundamental rights, democratic pluralism and rule of law by the EU.
    - Protection of the civic space
    - Protection of the rule of law
    - Freedom of expression
    - Privacy, Data protection
    - Media-related proposals
    - Digital rights related policies

    Address

    Head Office
    Ebertstrasse 2. IVth floor
    Berlin 10117
    GERMANY
    EU Office
    Ebertstrasse 2. IVth floor
    Berlin 10117
    GERMANY

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    14

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%8
    75%3
    50%3

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    11.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Israel BUTLER 21 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020
    Mr Israel BUTLER 08 Sep 2017 06 Sep 2018

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

    Person with legal responsibility

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

  • Categories

    Category

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Liberties is not a member of any federations or networks.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Does not represent commercial interests

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

    Total organisational budget in closed year

    1,199,492€

    Major funding types in closed year

    Grants, EU funding, Donations

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Contribution Civicus Monitor 14,500€
    Contribution Oak Foundation 150,000€
    Contribution Civitates, NEF 50,255€
    Contribution Open Society Foundations 617,000€
    Contribution CASE Coalition 16,000€
    Contribution FORD Foundation 35,000€
    Grant EU CERV Operating Grant (STRIVE Project) 610,662€

    Major contributions in current year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant EU CERV Operating Grant (STRIVE Project) 610,662€

    Other financial info

    From the current EU CERV Operating Grant, Liberties provides 290.000 EUR to its member organizations (through regranting and contracting).
    In the current financial year, Liberties is expected to get another EU grant from the EU CERV (ACCESS Project), in the total range of 400.000 EUR for 18 months (grant agreement is under preparation at early March 2024).

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Expert group against SLAPP#E03746#Linda Ravo#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3746 #Member #B#Civil society#LEGAL ASPECTS OF SLAPP

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    - Awareness raising
    - Advocacy and dialogue to increasing the protection of human rights at both the national level as well as the European level
    - Public education
    - Website & social media chanels
    - Newsletters
    - Monitoring and reporting
    - Public interest litigation
    - Coordinated legal actions
    - Conferences
    - Capacity building to NGOs and to the entire human rights sector
    - Organizing conferences, workshops and trainings
    - Conducting research
    - Workshops

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    11 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.

    • Date 20 Nov 2023 Location videoconference
      Subject AI Act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 28 Apr 2022 Location Videoconference
      Subject SLAPP
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 20 Jan 2022 Location Virtual
      Subject Digital Issues
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
    • Date 19 Jan 2022 Location videoconference
      Subject Rule of Law
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders
      Portfolio Justice
      Attending
      • Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
      • Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 13 Jan 2022 Location Videoconference
      Subject SLAPP
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Irina Stefuriuc (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 09 Nov 2021 Location VC
      Subject Rule of Law
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 26 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Anti-SLAPP coalition launch
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • Date 22 Jul 2020 Location Video-conference
      Subject Anti-SLAPPs measures
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders
      Portfolio Justice
      Attending
      • Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
      • Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 20 Jul 2020 Location videoconference
      Subject Media freedom
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 22 Feb 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Rule of Law in Poland
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 10 Oct 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Exchange of views on the current situation with NGOs in Hungary
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
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