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This ICNL briefer covering the problems with anti-rioting laws including allowing the government to bring charges with extreme penalties...
This ICNL analysis discusses on online gender-based violence and it's impact on women human rights defenders across the Indo-Pacific...
March 2023 - a group of parliamentarians introduced a draft law of Georgia on transparency of foreign influence. Read...
This briefer examines how new types of technology used by the government to surveil protests can lead to abuse...
This Just Security article, co-authored by ICNL Senior Legal Advisor Nicholas Miller, unpacks the UN counterterrorism report, reviewing the...
Based on requests from local partners, ICNL and ECNL conducted a comparative analysis of the draft Law of Georgia...
This briefer examines how new types of technology used by the government to surveil protests can lead to abuse...
This ICNL partner analysis assesses Myanmar's 2022 Association Registration Law and the FATF blacklisting in October 2022 and their...
These guidelines, put together by the NGO Law Institute (NGOLI) with the support of ICNL, are designed to help...
Please join us to discuss what INSPIRES consortium members, partners, and USAID have learned about the unexpected connections that...
The draft law on foreign representatives, initiated on November 21, 2022, would establish new burdensome requirements for all noncommercial...
Firearms pose an urgent threat to the exercise of First Amendment rights of free expression and peaceful assembly in...
Until recently, Nigerian civil society organizations (CSOs) were grouped with casinos, real estate agents, and gemstone dealers as institutions...
Nearly every country's constitution recognizes the right to peaceful assembly. But since 2020, more than 150 governments have restricted...
Women civil society advocates have long struggled against gender-specific barriers to their work. This story explores how ICNL and...
In 2022, El Salvador proposed a restrictive new law that threatened to decimate civil society. The draft law would...
Whether helping our partners address restrictive laws in El Salvador and Nigeria, fostering women’s activism in Lebanon and the...
When violence against women occurs during elections, the number of women voters, candidates, and officials in the electoral process...
This briefer focuses on surveillance and other digital threats to free expression in India, examining the proliferation of illegal...
These guidelines are designed to help activists from Belarus and other Eurasian countries who relocate to Georgia to organize...
There are many challenges for women-led civil society organizations in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in the...
On November 2, 2022, the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic published the Non-commercial Non-Governmental Organizations (Draft Law) on...
In order to advocate for barrier-free access to resources, civil society organizations need to be aware of the legislation...
Politically motivated boycotts have long been a tool for social change in the United States, from American colonists’ boycott...
This report, undertaken by a Myanmar civil society organization and its local partner networks, examines the impact of the...
The Middle East and North Africa are already experiencing the impact of climate change on the ground, and in...
With support from ICNL, local civil society organizations (CSOs) assessed the operational civic space for CSOs in Myanmar from...
With support from the Ford Foundation, ICNL launched a project from February 2020 through October 2022 to address FATF...
In Uzbekistan, civil society organizations face acute problems with financial sustainability, which significantly weakens their ability to implement public...
Briefer summarizes these laws and implementation practices governing civil society organization in the 35 Organization of American States member...
This document was designed to help participants in this process and other stakeholders understand the Principles, advocate for their...
In Defending the Right to Protest: Resisting Government Crackdowns on Nonviolent Demonstrators, ICNL provides an overview of critical threats...
The Egyptian government has a range of laws to target dissent, and authorities have not hesitated to use them....
In this article, environmental activist Hala Murad discusses feminist environmental activism in the Middle East and North Africa, challenges...
The U.S. has seen a rise in protests against the construction of gas and oil pipelines, driven by concerns...
This report by ICNL partner SEEDS for Legal Initiatives provides an overview of AML/CFT and NPO regulations in Lebanon,...
From Freedom Square in Tunisia to Tahrir Square in Egypt, from Clock Square in Homs to Pearl Square in...
In June 2022, ICNL, EarthRights International, DefendDefenders, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association and Assembly co-hosted...
ICNL has been providing technical assistance in partnership with local civil society organizations on draft non-profit organization (NPO) laws...
Laws restricting demonstrations, boycotts, and other modes of activism are increasingly reducing the space for civic mobilization in the...
On April 8, 2022, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India issued its judgment in Noel Harper...
Learn about the uncertainty for gun regulation that Bruen creates and the options lawmakers still have to protect rights...
This handbook aims to strengthen the capacity of paralegals and others working to protect and promote an enabling environment...
The immediacy of the climate crisis cannot be overstated, and an energy transition is both critical and overdue. However,...
In a forthcoming article in Minnesota Law Review, ICNL’s Nick Robinson argues that U.S. jurisdictions should eliminate anti-rioting laws,...
In this piece for the Global Center for CSO Accountability, ICNL Legal Advisor Nikhil Dutta explains how deploying the...
In this article, Tamara Teebi explains the complex challenges facing women's organizations and activists in Palestine. Women human rights...
This article by Esraa Mahadin discusses how to adopt gender policies when amending legislation. The discussion in human rights...
In an interview with Ms. Mai Elimat, who contributed to the fourth and fifth National Action Plans for the...
Following a swell of racial justice protests that have taken to the streets, politically charged bills are being introduced...
In this article, Tamara Teebi explains the complex challenges facing women's organizations and activists in Palestine. Women human rights...
Dr. Taqi Al-Majali interviewed activists and experts on the rights of persons with disabilities about whether laws in the...
This guide, created by Lifeline, is meant to support activists, civil society organizations, and social movements who want to...
ALLIED and the Universal Rights Group, with support from Freedom House and the Lifeline Fund, published two complementary reports...
In April 2022, ICNL LLC held a workshop to familiarize civil society organizations in the Middle East and North...
Localization—giving local partners more control and ownership of development initiatives—is a priority for the international development community. Local civil...
In an article in Cornell Law Review, ICNL’s Nick Robinson and Elly Page argue for more robust constitutional protection...
In January and February 2022, ICNL worked with NRGI, PWYP, Oxfam USA, and the Institute of Development Studies to...
Written by ICNL consultant Meghna Sharma, this briefer examines how authoritarian COVID-19 policies in the Indo-Pacific region have affected...
Authored by ICNL consultant Kirana Anjani, this briefer dives deep into the challenges faced by civil society in Southeast...
This working paper, by Ingrid Srinath, the Director of the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy at Ashoka University,...
On April 5, 2022, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary's subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil...
Throughout the COVID pandemic, India's nonprofit sector filled crucial gaps by providing essential social services and humanitarian relief. And...
The Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) needs to be fixed. This Just Security article reviews the strengths and discusses...
This guide, created by ECNL, explores the key standards that protect climate activists’ civic freedoms. It maps out the...
On January 4, 2022, the Thai Cabinet approved a revised draft non-profit organization (NPO) bill drafted by the Office...
These comments, written by ICNL's U.S. Program team, are in response to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) from...
Armed individuals intimidate and discourage people from exercising their rights to speech and assembly, and they have interfered with...
Bantay Kita, an organization in the Philippines, has been a leader in developing inputs on civic space for submission...
This ICNL White Paper explains why the GCM’s failure to meaningfully include considerations of migrants’ civic freedoms and civic...
During the 2021 Bread&Net, ICNL held a workshop on the importance of civil society involvement in the development of...
Understanding the essence and practical value of human rights helps citizens enjoy and assert their rights when these rights...
These guidelines are intended to become an information resource for representatives of civil society organizations and citizens of the...
This ICNL comparative overview of various Eurasian countries presents international standards and comparative international practices on CSO reporting.
ICNL is working with a broad coalition of civil liberties, racial justice, environmental, and other groups to address anti-protest...
COVID hit Kyrgyzstan hard, overwhelming an already fragile healthcare system. In the face of these challenges, Elim Barsynby, a...
ICNL partnered with the Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative (LOGI), a civil society organization promoting transparent management of oil...
In early 2020, as COVID began to spread globally, ICNL recognized the repercussions of states’ emergency responses on fundamental...
This ICNL briefer outlines SLAPPs related projects, activities, and impacts and presents a pathway forward for protecting civil society...
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Muatar Saidmuradovna Khaidarova on December 20, 2021. Muatar...
The ongoing COVID crisis has emboldened authoritarian leadership and given rise to misuse of emergency powers, on top of...
This toolkit is designed to provide information on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for non-profit organizations (NPOs) in...
This ICNL-UNSR toolkit supports civil society efforts to advocate for women's full enjoyment of the rights to freedom...
This report maps the Indian legal framework governing the right to freedom of assembly and the right to protest,...
This Just Security article provides a warning of the securitization of the climate crisis and links to terrorism, while offering...
UN and regional human rights experts issued a joint declaration calling on States to strengthen international efforts to support...
This toolkit, created in collaboration with the UNDP and ICNL, provides an overview of the human rights standards that...
This article, written by ECNL, highlights that restrictions on civil society undermine climate mitigation efforts and impede the collaboration...
ICNL analysis of the laws of the Republic of Belarus on countering extremism and prevention of the rehabilitation of...