Women civil society advocates have long struggled against gender-specific barriers to their work. This story explores how ICNL and our partners have worked to advance women's rights from the ground up.

With support from the Ford Foundation, ICNL launched a project from February 2020 through October 2022 to address FATF and AML/CFT issues related to nonprofit operations in three countries: Jordan, Tunisia, and Lebanon.

This report by ICNL partner SEEDS for Legal Initiatives provides an overview of AML/CFT and NPO regulations in Lebanon, FATF Recommendation 8, and best practices for countries and NPOs to implement to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism while maintaining association rights. Available in Arabic and English.

ICNL partnered with the Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative (LOGI), a civil society organization promoting transparent management of oil and gas resources, in drafting a model public consultations law.

This study maps laws and regulations that impact civic spaces, participation, and assembly specifically as it relates to climate change and climate justice activism in the MENA region.

This page provides information on Middle Eastern and North African government responses to the coronavirus, using information from the COVID-19 Civic Freedom Tracker.

The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a parallel crisis for civic space. Many of the emergency laws and other extraordinary measures adopted in response to the virus restrict fundamental rights and freedoms.

In this inaugural publication of the Civic Freedom Digest, ICNL highlights some of the key challenges that digital technologies pose to civic freedom, as well as successful civil society efforts to combat these threats.

Over the past two years, ICNL has worked with partners to conduct a landmark study of civic freedoms in Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, and Kuwait.

This handbook - published by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law in partnership with ICNL, Dentons and DLA Piper - provides comparative information on incorporation and operation in 10 selected countries in Europe and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Lebanon, Sweden, Tunisia and Turkey.

This report presents findings from an in-depth study, supported by the United States Agency for International Development, that explored the landscape for civic space in five countries. 

The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) is pleased to share our latest report: “The State of Civic Freedoms in the Middle East and North Africa: Access to Associational Rights in Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, and Kuwait.”

The Enabling Environment National Assessment (EENA) is an action-oriented research tool designed to assess the legal, regulatory  and policy environment for civil society.

This policy briefing by SOLIDAR, the Euromed NGO Platform and The Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) aims to shed light on the ongoing existing limitations for civil society, human rights defenders, and trade unions, in the EU's Southern Neighboring countries.

This 2013 study by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network examines the legislative framework that enshrines the right to assembly in 13 different countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region and the EU: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

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Ministry of Interior Circular No. 10/AM/2006 Unofficial Translation This is related to setting a new mechanism to notify the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities for […]

This document has been provided by the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL). ICNL is the leading source for information on th e legal environment […]

This document has been provided by the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL). ICNL is the leading source for information on th e legal environment […]

This document has been provided by the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL). ICNL is the leading source for information on th e legal environment […]

The International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law Volume 10, Issue 1, December 2007 Marc Makary1  Executive summary This study analyzes the two main systems of incorporating […]

PUBLISHED: MAY 2, 2007 Over the course of the past year, ICNL hosted four Senior Fellows from Algeria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt to support cutting […]

PUBLISHED: JULY 9, 2006 From July 2 – 5, 2006, ICNL held a conference on Strengthening Civil Society in the Arab Region: Models for Legal Reform. […]

PUBLISHED: MAY 17, 2006 On May 17, 2006, ICNL hosted a forum on “Civil Society in the Middle East: Trends Opportunities, and Obstacles.” The forum […]