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
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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 policiesAddress
Head Office
Ebertstrasse 2. IVth floor
Berlin 10117
GERMANYEU Office
Ebertstrasse 2. IVth floor
Berlin 10117
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
14
Employment time Lobbyists 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 22 Dec 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
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Liberties is not a member of any federations or networks.
Member organisations
None declared
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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
Type Name Amount 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
Type Name Amount 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
- WorkshopsOther 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.
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Date 20 Nov 2023 Location videoconference Subject AI Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2022 Location Videoconference Subject SLAPP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 20 Jan 2022 Location Virtual Subject Digital Issues DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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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)
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Date 13 Jan 2022 Location Videoconference Subject SLAPP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Irina Stefuriuc (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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