Asia and the Pacific Program
ICNL works in more than 10 countries in Asia and the Pacific. We seek to empower local partners by providing comparative information, international legal expertise, and technical assistance on the legal framework for civil society. We seek to enhance the law reform capacity of local partners through research fellowships and other initiatives. Learn More
Resources
Online Library
Access our complete collection of resources by visiting ICNL's Online Library.
NGO Law Monitor
ICNL produces country profile reports that provide an overview of key issues relating to the freedom of association and the NGO legal framework, with a focus on legal barriers affecting civil society. View NGO Law Monitor reports for Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, and Pakistan.
United States International Grantmaking Country Reports
ICNL prepares reports describing the legal framework for civil society organizations to assist grantmakers and their advisors. View USIG reports for Afghanistan, Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines.
Research Fellowships
With the support of the Swedish Agency for International Development (Sida) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), ICNL has hosted civil society reformers from Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Nepal. Recent fellowship papers from Cambodia and Nepal were published in the International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law.
Afghanistan
ICNL engages in innovative efforts to raise awareness of the importance of civil society among students, youth and the general public in Afghanistan. For example, ICNL developed a nationally televised "quiz show" to introduce civil society legal issues to students at the secondary school and university level around the country. ICNL also wrote and commissioned production of a comedic film entitled Bulbul and Civil Society, starring the famous Afghan character, Bulbul Shah.