The International Journal
of Not-for-Profit Law
Volume 12, Issue 4, November 2010
A publication of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Counterterrorism and Civil Society
NGO Responses to Counterterrorism Regulations after September 11th
Elizabeth A. Bloodgood and joannie Tremblay-Boire
Civil Society, Aid, and Security Post - 9/11
Jude Howell
Thirty Years of Women's Activism in Sudan
Frank van Lierde
Articles
Doing Good and the Law: Questions of Control, Paternalism, and Partnership - An Organizational Perspective
David Z. Nowell
An Enabling Framework for Citizen Participation in Public Policy: An Outline of Some of the Major Issues Involved
Dragan Golubovic
Reflections on the Legislative Environment for Nongovernmental Organizations in Botswana
Zein Kebonang and Kabelo Kenneth Lebotse
Developing Standards and Mechanisms for Public Financing of NGOs in Croatia
Igor Vidacak
Lottery Proceeds as a Tool for Support of Good Causes and Civil Society Organizations: A Fate or a Planned Concept?
Katerina Hadzi-Miceva
Country Report: Moldovo
Hanna Asipovich
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Letter from the Editor
In this issue, the International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law focuses on counterterrorism and civil society. Elizabeth A. Bloodgood of Concordia University and Joannie Tremblay-Boire of the University of Washington, Seattle, categorize the different ways in which NGOs have responded to post-9/11 counterterrorism restrictions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. Jude Howell of the London School of Economics examines effects of the post-9/11 global security framework on global aid. Frank van Lierde of Cordaid interviews Asha El-Karib of the Gender Centre for Research and Training about counterterrorism measures and other challenges she has faced in Sudan.
In other articles, David Z. Nowell, Ph.D., of Hope Unlimited for Children provides an organizational perspective on charities and their relations with governments and cultures. Dragan Golubovic of the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law outlines issues involved in developing an enabling framework for the participation of citizens in public policy. Zein Kebonang of the Botswana-UPenn Partnership and Kabelo Kenneth Lebotse of the University of Botswana reflect on the legislative environment in which NGOs operate in Botswana.Igor Vidačak of the Office for Cooperation with NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia summarizes the developing standards for public financing of Croatian NGOs. Katerina Hadzi-Miceva-Evans of the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law examines the lottery as a means of supporting civil society organizations. Finally, Hanna Asipovich, also of the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, provides a country report on Moldova.
We thank USAID for its generous support for the Moldova report, as well as our authors and their organizations for their timely and incisive articles.
Stephen Bates
Editor
International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law
sbates@icnl.org