01 September 2026
Call for Applications Training Programme: From Judgment to Change
Building Knowledge, Bridges, and Solutions: The Matra Rule of Law Training Programme
15 July 2026
This June, 27 civil servants and judiciary representatives from Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye, and Ukraine visited The Hague for the Matra Rule of Law Training (Rolt) Programme on Judicial Cooperation. The project “SCOPE” launched in Chișinău to strengthen civil society participation in Moldova’s EU accession process.
14 July 2026
CHIȘINĂU, Moldova, July 14, 2026 — Twenty civil society organisations gathered in Chișinău for the launch of the project Strengthening Civic Organisations for Participation and Engagement (SCOPE) and its training programme. Led by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) in partnership with Promo-LEX Association (Promo-LEX), the Independent Journalism Centre (IJC), and ARTICLE 19 Europe. With financial support from the European Union, this initiative aims to boost the capacity of Moldovan NGOs to engage with, monitor, and contribute to Moldova’s EU accession process.Horizon-funded research project PROCLAIM tackles hidden online hate speech and AI-driven radicalisation
22 June 2026
We are proud to announce that the NHC is part of the international research project PROCLAIM. The project will research how hidden hate speech spreads through social media and AI technologies, while developing innovative tools and strategies to counter it.Call for Participants | SCOPE Leadership and Training Programme Moldova
15 May 2026
Apply before 31 May 2026 | The programme will equip selected participants with the skills, knowledge and partnerships needed to later access a restricted strategic grants scheme for monitoring and advocacy linked to Moldova’s EU accession process.Resilient & Connected: Launching our Joint Initiative Against Disinformation in Eastern Partnership countries
30 April 2026
Resilient & Connected, the recently-launched EU-funded project, will strengthen the resilience of citizens and civil society in the Eastern Partnership to disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference.New Editor-in-Chief for the Security and Human Rights Monitor
01 April 2026
The Security and Human Rights Monitor (SHRM) is happy to announce Eva Entenmann as the new Editor-in-Chief of SHRM.Civic Space Under Pressure: Reflections from the Launch of the MACS Report
11 March 2026
On 24 February, politicians, policymakers, academics, and civil society leaders gathered for the launch of the Monitoring Action for Civic Space (MACS) report and to reflect on the state of civic space in the Netherlands.IWD 2026: Our Catalyst Partners Advancing Women’s Rights
08 March 2026
Across countries and contexts, our partners from the EU-funded Catalyst of Change project are working hard to advance women’s rights. On International Women’s Day 2026, we asked them a few questions about their work, the challenges they face, the lessons they’ve learned, and what gives them hope. Today, we’re sharing their voices.Resilient & Connected: Joint Initiatives Against Disinformation | Call for National Experts from Armenia, Moldova, and Ukraine
05 March 2026
The NHC seeks to engage national experts from Armenia, Moldova, and Ukraine to help facilitate policy dialogue, strengthen cooperation among stakeholders, and ensure that research findings inform national discussions and policy processes on FIMI resilience.
