International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations

  • Canada
  • United States
  • Ireland
  • United
    Kingdom
  • Hungary
  • Russia
  • Israel
  • Egypt
  • India
  • Kenya
  • South Africa
  • Colombia
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Indonesia

ISSUES

  1. Protest Rights
    and Policing
  2. Surveillance and
    Human Rights
  3. Religious Freedom
    and Equal Treatment
  4. Protecting Civic Space
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What's New

  • In Focus: Facial Recognition Tech Stories And Rights Harms From Around The World
    Publication
    Posted on January 22, 2021

    In Focus: Facial Recognition Tech Stories And Rights Harms From Around The World

    A new INCLO report of FRT stories from around the world flags the risk of creating societies where people are watched and identified when they attend a protest, take part in religious events, visit a doctor or just go about their daily lives.

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  • INCLO member organizations call for the immediate release of detained human rights leaders with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).
    Press Release
    Posted on January 22, 2021

    INCLO’s FRT stories of harm highlight need for strong legal framework that protects civil rights

    The indiscriminate use of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) globally by law enforcement and other government agencies is dangerously normalising surveillance.

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  • INCLO member organizations call for the immediate release of detained human rights leaders with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).
    Statement
    Posted on November 21, 2020

    INCLO member organizations call for the immediate release of detained human rights leaders with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)

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  • Fourteen INCLO organisations appeal for the protection of encrypted communications across the world.
    Statement
    Posted on November 19, 2020

    Open letter to Joko Widodo, the President of Indonesia, calling to respect obligations under international law and protect the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly

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  • Fourteen INCLO organisations appeal for the protection of encrypted communications across the world.
    Statement
    Posted on November 16, 2020

    Fourteen INCLO organisations appeal for the protection of encrypted communications across the world

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  • INCLO member organizations in Hungary, Ireland and the UK call on EU authorities to protect end-to-end encryption and safeguard people's privacy.
    Statement
    Posted on November 12, 2020

    INCLO member organizations in Hungary, Ireland and the UK call on EU authorities to protect end-to-end encryption and safeguard people's privacy

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  • Fourteen INCLO organisations appeal for the protection of encrypted communications across the world.
    Statement
    Posted on October 29, 2020

    Policing Protest in Colombia

    INCLO condemns police violence in Colombia and calls for meaningful police reform.

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  • INCLO welcomes EU court ruling re Hungary's anti-NGO law
    Statement
    Posted on June 24, 2020

    INCLO welcomes EU court ruling re Hungary's anti-NGO law

    All fifteen (15) member organizations of the ​International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO)​ join the Hungarian community of civil society organizations to welcome the decision of the European Court of Justice (CJEU)​, which ruled last week that Hungary’s anti-NGO law violated European Union law.

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  • INCLO condemns the use of excessive force and the misuse of less-lethal weapons against protesters in the USA
    Statement
    Posted on May 30, 2020

    INCLO condemns the use of excessive force and the misuse of less-lethal weapons against protesters in the USA

    Fourteen members of the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) express deep concern over the escalation in police responses to protests in the USA over the past week.

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  • A global look at oversight cooperation
    News
    Posted on May 11, 2020

    A global look at oversight cooperation

    Why don’t intelligence oversight bodies cooperate as well as intelligence agencies? And is there reason to believe that this could be changing?

  1. About

    INCLO is a network of independent, national human rights organizations working to promote fundamental rights and freedoms.

  2. Issues

    INCLO members work jointly on four programmatic areas of work: Protest Rights and Policing, Surveillance and Human Rights, Religious Freedom and Equal Treatment, and Protecting Civic Space.

  3. Contact

    Get in touch with INCLO.