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Pandemic exacerbates challenges civil society faces
Civil society organisations across the EU provide services, engage in communities, raise awareness, advocate on behalf of others and hold authorities to account. But they face threats, attacks, funding cuts and disproportionate restrictions. These are just some of the challenges…
[Podcast] Deliberative democracy in North Macedonia
In this podcast, we discuss deliberative democracy and the method of deliberative polling with Alice Siu, Associate Director of the Center for Deliberative Democracy. Deliberative Democracy is a unique form of political consultation that combines techniques of public opinion research…
Аnalysis of the quality and uniformity of court decisions in civil cases
The analysis of the quality and uniformity of court decisions in civil cases prepared by Dusko Georgievski, includes 88 anonymized decisions from the four appellate areas adopted in the period from 2017 to 2020 (with the exception of one, which…
Analysis of the quality and uniformity of criminal law court decisions
According to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the safeguards enshrined in Article 6 of the European Human Rights Convention (ECHR) include the obligation of courts to provide and produce appropriate and sufficient reasoning for their…
Bulgaria’s Experience in Reforming the Judiciary as a Challenge for EU Membership
The process of reform of the judiciary in Bulgaria is still ongoing, with no establishment of a solid and clearly defined framework for the judicial system or consensus amidst political parties, the judiciary, and the public on the concept for…
The EU as a promoter of democracy or ‘stabilitocracy’ in the Western Balkans?
Starting from August 2021, the Think for Europe Network (TEN) commenced its work on the research project “the EU as a promoter of democracy or ‘stabilitocracy’ in the Western Balkans?”. This project is implemented in partnership with the Netherlands Institute of International…
CIVIL on the census of the population: Condemnation of the politicization, call for participation and support for the process
CIVIL – Center for Freedom has been monitoring the process of the implementation of the census since the day the procedure for its implementation started, that is, the preparations for the Law on the Census of the Population, adopted in January…
Can you hear us from the screen? The youth for safe internet space
Citizens’ consultations with young people are a type of consultation that aims to understand young people’s perceptions of social problems and their views on possible solutions to these problems. In this report, we present the conclusions of the consultation with…
Analysis of the quality of court decisions in misdemeanor cases
The analysis of the quality of court decisions in misdemeanor cases written by Dr. Mariana Loncar Velkova, was made on a total of 60 decisions from four appellate areas, issued in the period from 2017 to 2020, where one of…
