Fighting Anti-Rights Movements

Anti-Rights Movements are attacks on democracy, shrinking civil society space and a backlash against universal human rights that undermine the freedom, safety and action of those defending human rights. 

These movements typically campaign against the rights of excluded groups – women, children and young people, LGBTQI+ people, religious minorities, ethnic and racial minorities, migrants and refugees. Consequently, civil society that defends the rights of those groups comes under attack as well.

Eurochild has been highlighting concerns regarding these issues since 2022, engaging with its members to gather evidence of the attacks. Additionally, the organisation has been in contact with EU institutions, as well as peer networks and organisations across Europe, to strengthen its advocacy efforts.

News

• Europe urgently needs an EU mechanism to protect human rights
• Helping our members to defend children’s rights in Europe
• Eurochild took part in the Child Rights Connect Global Conference on countering anti-child rights rhetoric
• Concerns Raised Over Anti-Trans Event in European Parliament
• Hungarian NGOs Warn Against 15th Amendment's Threat to Fundamental Rights
• When children’s rights are under attack, civil society must be free and funded to fight back
• The rights of children under threat in Serbia
• New Italian security decree threatens human rights and puts civil liberties at risk

Reports

• Countering Anti-Child Rights Movements in Europe: The Need for a European Mechanism

Statements

• Statement on urgency to counter anti-child rights movements in Europe
• Standing Together for Philanthropic Freedoms

Podcast

• EU Elections: Rising Conservatism and Child Rights Concerns
• Anti-Rights Movements