Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor

We, members of the international Civic Solidarity Platform, express our strongest concern about a restrictive draft NGO law, currently being debated in the Bulgarian Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, and urge MPs to reject it as violating Bulgaria’s obligations under international and European law. As a member of the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations, and a participating State of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Bulgaria should not restrict civil society space. Instead, it should ensure safe and enabling environment for civil society as a prerequisite for a democratic state. 

Read here for the full statement. 

civicsolidarity.org