nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3d5cdad359ef76db DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260821s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3d5cdad359ef76db doi eng 342 23 Reiners, Nina Author aut Pro bono Lawyers to the Rescue - On Blind Spots in the EU Strategy for Civil Society Reiners, Nina Verfassungsblog 2026-08-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Civil society organizations (CSOs) are operating under pressing conditions. Recent events in Ceuta serve as an example: the mass crossing of asylum seekers showed the fault lines of European solidarity. This left many CSOs with the task of mitigating a looming humanitarian and political crisis. The EU’s Civil Society Strategy introduces pro bono lawyers as partners who will help CSOs survive these and other challenges. However, the Strategy does not impose on them any of the accountability, transparency, or independence criteria that civil society are required to meet. CC BY-SA 4.0 Access to Legal Counsel EU EU EU Commission European Society civil society (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU Thomsen, Elias Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/pro-bono-lawyers-to-the-rescue/ raw object