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June 8, 2015

TTIP and Digital Rights

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP – pronounced “tee-tip”) is a draft trade agreement being negotiated between the United States (US) and the European Union (EU). This booklet presents the concerns that EDRi and its members have regarding TTIP, such as the lack of transparency in the negotiations, respect for the rule of law […]

January 28, 2014 · Blogs

TTIP: European Ombudsman warns European Institutions to learn from ACTA negotiations

In December 2011, after extensive efforts to gain access to important documents related to the negotiation of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), European Digital Rights was left with no option than to make a formal complain to the European Ombudsman. In a press release today, the European Ombudsman has indicated that the European Parliament was […]

March 11, 2015 · Blogs

Dutch civil rights group highlights dangers of ISDS in trade deals

On 9 March 2015, EDRi-member Vrijschrift sent a letter to the Dutch Parliament, highlighting the dangers of investor-state dispute settlement clauses (ISDS) in the trade agreements with Canada (CETA) and Singapore (EUSFTA) that the European Union is currently negotiating. On 25 March, EU Ministers of Trade will meet informally to discuss trade agreements, and in […]

April 9, 2014 · Blogs

Commission opens investor-to-state dispute settlement consultation

The EU Commission has published a public consultation on modalities for investment protection and on investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the EU – US trade negotiations (TTIP / TAFTA). ISDS is the most controversial aspect of these negotiations. The ISDS mechanism gives multinationals the right to sue states before special tribunals if changes in law […]

June 13, 2016 · Blogs

BEUC and EDRi urge the EU Commission not to undermine citizens’ privacy in trade agreements

On 10 June 2016, the European Consumers Association (BEUC) and European Digital Rights (EDRi) sent an open letter to the EU Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, to express our concerns about the inclusion of a ban on (non-defined) “data localisation” in trade agreements. We urge the Commission to defend one of the biggest successes of […]

September 7, 2016 · Blogs

What digital rights are at imminent risk? All of them.

Our civil rights in the digital environment are based on our rights to protect our personal security and data, our right to communicate freely, and our right for any restrictions to be necessary, predictable and proportionate. Every one of these rights is now under imminent threat.

January 14, 2015 · Blogs

EDRi’s work in 2014

EDRi continued to go to strength in 2014, with a hugely significant victory on net neutrality in the European Parliament and an innovative and successful campaign to raise the profile of our issues in the elections in May. Our successes last year built on a strong development of the organisation in recent years. Since 2009, […]

February 4, 2016 · Blogs

EDRi co-hosts the Privacy Camp, 26 January 2016

In the run up to CPDP conference in Brussels, civil society groups met at the fifth annual Privacy Camp to exchange views and develop new strategies. This year’s conference took place under the title “The Multiple Ways of (De/Self)-Regulation: What is at stake for Human Rights?” and included various panels and speakers from around the […]

February 10, 2016

Civil society EU-wide meeting on CETA and TTIP

July 2, 2014

No TTIP! National tour & day of action

October 8, 2014

European Day of Action to stop TTIP, CETA & TiSA

February 24, 2015

ISDS beyond TTIP: EU reforms and impacts on the Global South