The Wheel Supports Joint Statement on EU Civil Society Strategy
The Wheel is supporting a joint statement by a collation of Irish NGOs, trade unions, and civil society organisations, calling for an EU Civil Society Strategy that explicitly endorses the vital role of civil society in sustaining democracy, including their contribution to safeguarding EU values; and that ensures a safe and enabling environment.
It is essential that the EU Commission uses the strategy to reassert the rights of civil society organisations and their members, as guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in particular the right to hold governments and institutions accountable and engage in advocacy work.
Read the joint statement here