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July 30, 2020UN Issues Landmark Guidance on Peaceful Protest

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Sit-in protest in Whitehall, UK in May 2009 (Photo: Southbanksteve/Wikimedia)

The UN Human Rights Committee has adopted pivotal new guidance on the right of peaceful assembly. On July 27,...

July 29, 2020Climate of Fear: Hong Kong’s New Security Law

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Protesters in Hong Kong getting arrested by police, July 2020. (Photo: Studio Incendo/Wikimedia)

The passage of Hong Kong’s new National Security Law threatens to upend civic freedoms and usher in a new...

July 15, 2020Protecting Activists from Abusive Litigation

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In this report, ICNL presents the first cross-regional survey of SLAPPs in the Global South, along with the first...

July 9, 2020UNSR Comment on The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 of the Philippines

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These comments address ‘The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020’ (the Act) of the Philippines, highlighting the potential impact on the...

June 30, 2020Migrants’ Civic Freedom and COVID-19

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A line of Syrian refugees crossing the border of Hungary and Austria on their way to Germany. Hungary, Central Europe, 6 September 2015. (Photo: Mstyslav Chernov/Wikipedia)

This ICNL article examines the likely impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the civic freedoms of migrants and groups...

June 19, 2020Reforms Introduced to Protect the Freedom of Assembly

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George Floyd protests in Columbus, Ohio (Photo: Paul Becker/Wikimedia)

In the wake of complaints about law enforcement’s response to the George Floyd protests, local, state, and the federal...

June 18, 2020Advocacy in Restricted Spaces Toolkit

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The Advocacy in Restricted Spaces toolkit is a practical resource that emphasizes that advocacy is possible even in highly...

June 16, 2020UNSR Report: Right to Freedom of Association of Migrants and their Defenders

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This report provides a thematic study on the right to freedom of association of migrants, in which the Special...

June 11, 2020Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets, and Sonic Weapons

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George Floyd protests in Philadelphia (Photo: Rob Bulmahn/Flickr)

In response to nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd, law enforcement officials have frequently used so-called “less...

June 10, 2020Government Responses to COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific

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This page provides information on Asian and Pacific government responses to the coronavirus, using information from the COVID-19 Civic...

June 4, 2020Closing Civic Space for Climate Activists

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Climate justice protest. (Photo: Linh Do/Flickr)

This briefer, presented by ICNL and ECNL, outlines some of the common legal and extralegal measures used to target...

June 1, 2020U.S. Current Trend: Militarization, the Freedom of Assembly, and the George Floyd Protests

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On May 26, 2020, people protested against police violence after the death of George Floyd. Large crowd of protesters in a street. (Photo: Fibonacci Blue/Wikimedia)

Protests have spread across major U.S. cities over police violence against people of color, sparked by the killing of...

May 27, 2020Top Trends: COVID-19 and Civic Space

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Pennsylvania Commonwealth microbiologist Kerry Pollard performs a manual extraction of the coronavirus inside the extraction lab at the Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Laboratories on Friday, March 6, 2020. (Photo: Office of Tom Wolf/Flickr)

The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a parallel crisis for civic space. Many of the emergency laws and other extraordinary...

May 27, 2020Positive Government Responses to COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic does not have to be a crisis for human rights. In the context of widespread adoption...

May 26, 2020Virtual Currency Donations

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Pile of cryptocurrency coins including Bitcoin, Monero, ZCash, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, and Dash. (Photo: QuoteInspector/Flickr)

This report assesses opportunities and obstacles in charitable donations of virtual currencies. It aims to bring civil society organizations,...

May 19, 2020U.S. Current Trend: Protecting the Freedom of Assembly and Public Health

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Social distancing sign at drugstore (Photo: GoToVan/Flickr)

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, the United States has seen numerous protests, albeit at a relatively small scale. However,...