“Shrinking spaces: Policing humanitarianism and human rights defenders”- showing

interest in the Greens/EFA

SALAM ALDEEN (Moldova): NGO Team Humanity (Criminalized, human dignity becomes
violent, politic framework to get lose. Why we should justice helping others. Croatia, Italy,
Greece (3 months)
Mora Camp: there is not protection strategy. But the government close their camp for hygienic
reason, but Moira is also worst but It’s what EU is giving, just clean when people from the
Parliament go.

Luventa 10 Hendrik Simon: First respondence. Real place of safe place. At the beginning
the have really good relationship with the military rescue team. Rescue Rome program they
knew. But the Italian authorities told them to go to Lampedusa (5 boats were losing because of
that trip) Then the boat was confiscated there.
There were a Code of Conduct they should sign but was against of International Law, they
didn’t. That was the cause to confiscate it. In that moment, 100 individuals are criminalized but
more than 100.000 has death in the sea.

Violeta Moreno-Lax: ([email protected])

2012: there were not too much support by the EU Parliament. They didn’t care too much about
it.
Human Trafficking
Migrants smuggler
Facilitators: without the necessity of have economics interest. Exception: if you can proof that
you make it for humanitarian assistance (Palermo could give us ideas)

Vig David (Amnesty International-Hungary): Systematic attacks. Nueva legislation copy of

Russia.
Donor 25% de taxes. Donors 25% taxes if the go for immigration (Interference)
This criminalization policies from the State created fair message: If you cooperated with those,
you’ll be targeted some day (message for teachers, state works…etc.) People are afraid to
cooperated with Civil Society, this could affect their relationship with local government. 
Normally, the point of view of the problem is by insolation. There is not National Policy,
Migration Policy.
We need to be aware because could start to affect other rights.

In France, “Urgent civil” we need to talk about it.

Ireland, some organization of sexual reproductive right are so politics
Rumania, limiting activities or NGO (Affecting the funding issues- Draft of Law) Retaliation for
going to work with refugees and also inside the big organization then the smallest one is afraid.

Movements is started to be frowned upon (mal visto) against the engagement.

External policies are understood BUT when we look back here, is not the same level of
criminalization.
Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) (mapping): were reported much less victories in Courts.
Everybody does it! Like Russian Government. This behavior should up the alarms of the real
challenge to our democracy.

The only space for create dialogue between civil society and State are the Courts.
Also, the Human Rights education programs are being cutting from the School, programs that
they have.

Financial Issues: (Money Market Funds MMFs) - Stefan Bantory Foundation: 1/3 survived of
the new government migration. The same budget as the beginning= too small. We need to create
more advocacy to expand the budget. Equality: founding all, non-discrimination, gender
(children)
New legislation is being propose. CSO, new idea to be much more accessible to local
organizations.

Monitoring – Art. 2 values: democracy, rule of law, programs related with this. We need to use
all the tools that we have in our hands.
If you want to solve the real problem media is not interesting at all, they are just interested if
something really bad or unfair happen but no in the long-term solution. Apparently, these kinds
of news don’t give them any public attention.

The idea of having new legal framework to make the guideline to HRD inside Europe.

Anna Donath: In Hungary people doesn’t have the idea of what democracy is. They need to
learn their rights and how to demands them to the government. The 10 th of December is the
second hearing of Hungary!!

Could be good idea to make the differences between economics migrants and refugee. At the end
both need help. If we make the difference could be worst. Why??
Also, if we change the narrative to this could no really help to protected more the people, internal
policies.

How to fight with framework with double moral? Open arms duty to rescue (x criminalization
asylum seeker) Then we can talk about HRD approach (maybe, could be and option)- Accepting
and tolerance.

Sergio Correa: Policing humanitarianism- Book (ESRC Research Project): Italy, Greece,
Hungary …etc. (50 interview)
1. Intimidation, suspicious, discipling criminalization.
2. Helping migration steps (pre entry, entry, transit).

Surveillance, Indirect pressures and intimidation, suspicion (not proof) Pull-factor, NO

EVIDENCE.
 Discipling
 “Code of Conducts”,
 Funding cuts,
  Limiting ways of dialogue
 Access to legal aid.
90% are decreasing but increase the formal criminalization through domestic legislation (FR, H,
Greece)

Recommendation:

Legal reform: If we open this could be worst?

 Define the crime,
 Compulsory exemption,
 HR streamline
 Post-Lisbon democratization
 Implementation guideline

Community Law must to be clear. Good administration! Since Lisbon Art41:

Michele Levoy: Director of PICOM. Phenomenon for 20 years but now is more instance. Ex:
taxis driving…. She mentions some examples. Implementation of Palermo Office could be a
opportunity?
2015-2019: RESOMA
Migrants helping migrants (worst punishments)
UK (2010): targeting migrant. If you let your children at school, they know that you’re not legal.
Sweetland (2015-16): local have authority to ask and the migrants need to answer.
Vox: Andalucía (help to promote have to…)
FR (also) worst

Italia some law in differences parts applying in 2 ways. Gap of the implementation:
Humanitarian Groups these are still being criminalized) Clarifying the meaning of humanitarian
assistance in differences forum activist.

Italy fisher also stop to go to the sea. Economical consequences. Even if they wanted or not help
migrants.

There is no attack to the real smuggler. The people in jail was just make by random and arbitrary
activities.

Rescue team after legal battler the duty of rescue won.

Greece: Hundreds of cases of criminalization. Smuggling, financial goal, money laundry. Not
related with humanitarian aid.

In theory you don’t go to jail if is for humanitarian aid reason. Just you have to inform the
authority first. You have to proof you did it in a trial.
Most like you’re accuse until you demonstrated you’re innocent.
Also, the prosecutor doesn’t have tools because the border frontier said differences things.
The conference will be followed by a networking roundtable from 14:00 until 16:30 o´clock in
room ASP5E1 for NGOs and individuals affected by policing and intimidation.

There is not draft for a new next year. In the past, something was proposed but I hadn’t political
support.

There are not cases conviction. But the law criminalized but not conviction. That was the answer
for EU Commission for not start to be taking account ways to solve the problems.

Citizen indicative its helpful facilitator

Strategies:
 One strategy should be to bombard with complains (sandwich technique: pression)
 Another Strategy! NU Special reporters in Human Rights Defenders.
 Change the view for Migration Pact, works on this.
 Change the view for Criminalization to Protect.
 Implementation of Palermo Office could be an opportunity?
 Non-refournement: could use the idea of an International Court.
 Showing the thing with hope. Like NO, or the environmental campaign.

For the EU The problem is not about formalization is more about implementation. How the
States are implementing the guidelines. Because they don’t want to be co-responsible, they made
the guideline. They want to say that the problem is a State problem.

Of the all of Countries in African Union just one has visa Free. The system doesn’t allow to enter
no one legaly. If you want to ask for asylum its must to be from the illegality.

Mark: Law conviction.

DCCI Nina head of campaign.

The last time neither the Norther countries nor Southern, always the same. Siempre los mismos.
Had initiatives for calling for action.

Strasburg- didn’t admit it. Because there was not an accusation with condenas. Accusation
smuggler in Greece means prison.
UN mechanism HR Committee/ Torture.

Sean Binder also Sara Martinez (refugee rescue training) but in reality, there is 15 cases.

Organizations:
Are you serious? said that they are shooting and using electric artefacts…
Violeta Gland (global legal and ...)

Refugee Consul in German are differences depends on the community.

Simon (Poland)

The application of humanitarian exception is just in some cases -States.

Estrategias de protección (Final--- que necesito) Ej.: el Edo ha hablado de Justicia por otros
temas solo para evitar que llegarán. Ej. Criminalisation del Amnisty- International Hungary.
Good example: MPG---- The idea of ruling of law neither in Poland nor in Hungary don’t want
to create the annual return. Treads for everyone because it happens ones open the door. Then just
gathering start to be a problem in other fight to other rights: environmental, sexual rights)

 Not only green group could be interested also the PP Group. The conversation shouldn’t be
between right and left narrative. It’s about protect values (don’t call us heroes or criminals is
more about values)
Also, the rhetoric in showing the problem like security problem. Just to make people feel fiar.
In Guatemala, one humanitarian worker was arrested by the government ant the Belgium
government ask for him.

Firewalls

Nosotros (PI) Handbook Criminalization-Self-protection. Advocacy programs related with HRD

Policies. Necesito leer (yo) como hacer un Handbook de Protection… necesito leer. Se pueden
hacer entrevistas del personal. También, el gobierno los llamo hablar en día de juicio para que no
pudiese llegar a tiempo.

Migration narrative must to be change.

Decriminalization of asylum seekers.

Refugee rescue Observatory

Cases for the commission (Legal lawyer)