Institut NOVACT de Noviolència

EU Legislative Interests

1. Corporate accountability and human rights Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (EU due diligence obligations for companies involved in human rights and environmental harm, including in conflict-affected areas such as Palestine.) Review of the EU Regulation on the Import and Export of Goods Used for Torture or Capital Punishment (To address the export of surveillance and security technologies used for repression.) 2. Regulation of surveillance technologies and digital repression EU legislation on the export control of dual-use goods and cyber-surveillance technologies (In connection to NOVACT’s work on spyware such as Pegasus and NSO-related cases.) European Parliament recommendations on the regulation, prohibition and oversight of spyware (Following the PEGA Committee inquiry.) 3. Fundamental rights, digital rights and technology governance Proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act (Due to NOVACT’s work on mass surveillance, biometric identification and discriminatory automated systems used in Palestine and in Europe.) Digital Services Act (Relevant for online content moderation, discrimination, hate speech and digital repression documented by NOVACT) General Data Protection Regulation implementation and enforcement processes (In relation to unlawful biometric surveillance and data misuse in occupied territories.) 4. EU policies related to Palestine and conflict-affected areas EU Human Rights and Democracy Action Plan EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders EU trade and procurement rules linked to companies operating in occupied territories (Relevant for NOVACT’s work on complicity of European corporations in Palestine.) 5. Business and human rights frameworks within EU external action EU Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (current update process) (Connected to NOVACT’s roles in corporate accountability networks and the ODHE observatory.)

Communication Activities

Publication: “Report: Atarot Settlement – The Industrial Key in Israel’s plan to permanently erase Palestine” — this analysis by NOVACT addresses business and human rights in a conflict/occupation context. Novact Publication: “Report: Stop Rubber Bullets” — on use of less-lethal weapons; relevant for EU policy on exports of security goods. Event/Training: The Nonviolence Factory (Nov 2024, Barcelona) — an international training school for human rights defenders, focusing on civil resistance, digital repression and authoritarianism in the Euro-Mediterranean region. civic-forum.eu Campaign: “Sign! Stop Trade With Settlements – Goal: 1 million European signatures towards achieving a historic EU law” — relevant for EU regulation on business in occupied territories.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

1.International, European and Mediterranean Networks Algorights – International Business & human rights, digital rights European Civic Forum – Europe Human rights European Network of Corporate Observatories – Europe Business & human rights Stop Corporate Impunity – International Business & human rights Observatory for the Prevention of Violent Extremism – International Peacebuilding Tadamon – Solidarity with the Syrian People – International International solidarity, human rights & justice Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) – International International solidarity, human rights & justice NGO Network of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People – International Human rights & justice Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) – International Peacebuilding ARCA – Associations and Resources for Conflict Management Skills – International Peacebuilding 2. Catalan & Spanish Networks Som Defensores – Catalonia Civil and political rights, social mobilisation Unitat Contra el Feixisme i el Racisme (UCFR) – Catalonia Civil and political rights, social mobilisation Coalition “Defender a Qui Defensa” (or “Defensar a Qui Defensa”) – Spain Civil and political rights, social mobilisation Coalition “Prou Complicitat amb Israel” – Catalonia International solidarity, human rights & justice LaFede.cat – Organisations for Global Justice – Catalonia Active participation in: Feminisms, Business & Human Rights, Communication, Palestine Working Group, Advocacy Xarxa Feminista (Feminist Network) – Catalonia Feminism; mobilisation and advocacy La Bonne – Women’s Cultural Centre – Catalonia Feminisms & culture Plataforma Unitària Contra les Violències de Gènere – Catalonia Right to a life free from violence National Women’s Council of Catalonia – Catalonia Women’s rights Stop Mare Mortum – Catalonia Right to migrate Xarxa BCN Antirumors (Barcelona Anti-Rumour Network) – Barcelona Interculturality, diversity, anti-racism Spanish NGOs in Palestine Working Group – Palestine / Spain Cooperation and coordination of Spanish NGOs in Palestine Spanish Cooperation Office (OCE) – Employment Creation Group – Palestine Employment creation projects Table for Peace & Human Rights in Central America – Catalonia / Central America Human rights, violence prevention 3. Additional International Solidarity Platforms Sàhara Dempeus – Platform for Western Sahara – International International solidarity, human rights & justice

Organisation Members

https://novact.org/en/qui-som/

Additional Information

There was a mistake in the previous registration. The amount of € covered by the register is 700.000€.