• SHOULD THE RULES GOVERNING FOUNDATIONS BE PLACED IN A CIVIL CODE? 
  By Professor Ulrich Drobnig
  
  

• STRATEGIC  OPTIONS FOR BUILDING THE CHINESE NGO SECTOR IN AN OPEN WORLD
  By Li-Qing Zhao
  
  

• THE REGULATION BY PUBLIC BODIES OF CHARITIES IN SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND
  By Dr. Christine R. Barker and Dr. Kerry J. O’Halloran
  
  

• LEGISLATION FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
  By Ilya Trombytsky
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• ENDOWMENTS OF FOUNDATIONS RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE STATE PRIVATIZATION FUND OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
  By Petr Pajas
  
  

• A CANADIAN CHARITY TRIBUNAL: A PROPOSAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION
  By Arthur B.C. Drache, Q.C. with W. Laird Hunter
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COUNTRY REPORTS

• ASIA-PACIFIC:  Australia ; China ; Korea (Rep.) ; New Zealand ; Philippines ; Taiwan ; Vietnam
  

• CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: Region ; Bosnia Herzegovina ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Kosovo ; Montenegro ; Slovakia
  
  

• LATIN AMERICA:  Argentina ;  Chile ; Colombia ; Uruguay ; Venezuela
  

• NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES / CENTRAL ASIA:   Azerbaijan ; Belarus ; Kazakhstan ; Kyrgyzstan ; Moldova ; Turkmenistan ; Ukraine ; Uzbekistan
  
  

• MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA:  Iran ; Israel ; Palestine
  
  

• NORTH AMERICA: Canada/United States
  
  
• SOUTH ASIA: India
  
  

• SUB SAHARAN AFRICA: Cameroon ; South Africa
  

• WESTERN EUROPE: Belgium ; France; Netherlands ;  Portugal ; Turkey ; United Kingdom
      

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Recognition and Protection of NGOs in International Law
  By Frits Hondius
  
  

• NGOs for Transparency and Against Corruption  
  The Europhil Trust

CASE NOTES

• European Court of Human Rights (Turkey)

                Case Note on Freedom and Democracy Party (ÖZDEP) v. Turkey

•  European Court of Justice (Belgium)

                Nationality-based Requirements for NGO Registration: Case Note on Commission of the European Communities v. the Kingdom of Belgium (European Court of Justice 1999)

• ASIA PACIFIC
  
  

•    Philippines  
  
  

• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals and Young Men's Christian Association of the Philippines, G.R. No. 124043, 16 October 1998
  
  

• NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES

        Belarus

• Belorussian Republican Club of Electors
  
  

• SOUTH ASIA

         India  

• Kirti Chand Tarawati Charitable Trust v Director of Income Tax [1999] 105 TAXMAN 686

• Commissioner of Income Tax v Palghat Shadi Mahal Trust [1999] 233 ITR 722

• National Health & Education Society v Assistant Director of Income Tax [1999] 70 ITD 330 (MUM.)

• WESTERN EUROPE

         Ireland

• Case 98042 - Mr. John Burns of The Sunday Times newspaper and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
  

LEGAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL GRANTMAKING

• GRANTMAKING AND EMBARGOED COUNTRIES: AN OVERVIEW USING KOSOVO AS A CASE STUDY
  By Timothy S. Burgett and Timothy R. Lyman
  
  

• DISSOLUTION DOS AND DON'TS
  By Karla W. Simon