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COVID-19, Counterterrorism, and Emergency Law

This report, from the UNSR, seeks to address the most common ways in which counter-terrorism and security norms have been put i…

Analysis

Analysis of the Kyrgyz Republic Draft Law on Foreign Representatives

Ala Too Square Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, on a very sunny, cloudless day. There are fountains and a large Kyrgyz flag on a tall flagpole billowing. (Photo: Emil Akhmatbekov)

The draft law on foreign representatives, initiated on November 21, 2022, would establish new burdensome requirements for all n…

Analysis

The World According to ChatGPT

We are focusing on ChatGPT because it has drawn the most headlines, but the concerns discussed here apply equally to all the ot…

Analysis

Case Study: Public Input in Indian Coal Mines

This report examines the current environmental regulatory system around mines in India, and identifies opportunities and challe…

Analysis

Moving Beyond COVID-19 Restrictions in Southeast Asia

The Asia Centre policy briefs Moving Beyond COVID-19 Restrictions in Southeast Asia: Pushing Back Against Authoritarian Pandemi…

Tools

ACHPR Guidelines for States of Emergency

This report examines the current environmental regulatory system in India, and identifies opportunities and challenges to meani…

Tools

Funding Civil Society in Partner Countries

This report examines the current environmental regulatory system in India, and identifies opportunities and challenges to meani…

Analysis

Case Study: Public Input in Indian Environmental Decisions

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This report examines the current environmental regulatory system in India, and identifies opportunities and challenges to meani…

Event

Comment to US Government on its compliance with Article 21 of the ICCPR

This report examines the current environmental regulatory system in India, and identifies opportunities and challenges to meani…

Analysis

Submission to the Global Digital Compact Consultative Process

ICNL and ECNL appreciate this opportunity to set forth the principles and commitments that we believe are vital for an open, fr…

Report

Environmental Decision-Making in India

This report examines the current environmental regulatory system in India, and identifies opportunities and challenges to meani…

In the News

IAJC Adopts Principles on the Operation of Civil Society Organizations

ICNL led a participatory process engaging over 100 experts from across Latin America and the Caribbean to develop and propose t…

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IAJC Principles on Creation, Operation, Financing, and Dissolution of Civil Society Organizations

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The Declaration of Inter-American Principles on the Legal Framework for the Creation, Operation, Financing, and Dissolution of …

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Guiding Principles on Government Use of Surveillance Technologies

To empower parliamentarians (MPs) to advocate for internet freedoms, APHR & ICNL presents this Toolkit for Parliamentarians: P…

Report

Philanthropic Protectionism in the Indo-Pacific

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To empower parliamentarians (MPs) to advocate for internet freedoms, APHR & ICNL presents this Toolkit for Parliamentarians: P…

Event

Civic Space and the Summit for Democracy

The United States, along with the governments of Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, and Republic of Zambia, will h…

Analysis

Renewable Energy & Human Rights Benchmark

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Renewable energy technologies will play an important role in reducing our carbon footprint, read our briefer on the progress af…

Analysis

Engaging Migrant Communities in Open Government

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This Open Government Partnership article, authored by ICNL Senior Legal Advisor Kate Barth, discusses the issues facing migrant…

Analysis

The Many Problems with Anti-Rioting Laws

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This ICNL briefer covering the problems with anti-rioting laws including allowing the government to bring charges with extreme …

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Online Gender-Based Violence in the Indo-Pacific

This ICNL analysis discusses on online gender-based violence and it’s impact on women human rights defenders across the Indo-Pa…

Analysis

A Second Restrictive Foreign Agents Law Introduced In Georgia

Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit Kent Tupas on Unsplash

March 2023 – a group of parliamentarians introduced a draft law of Georgia on transparency of foreign influence. Read our summa…

Analysis

Collaborative Governance in Taiwan’s Covid-19 Pandemic Response

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This report praises Taiwan’s pandemic governance for its transparent, collaborative nature in which government agencies worked …

Analysis

U.N. Counterterrorism Negotiations Begin with Big Questions Unanswered

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This Just Security article, co-authored by ICNL Senior Legal Advisor Nicholas Miller, unpacks the UN counterterrorism report, r…

Analysis

Draft Law of Georgia on Transparency of Foreign Influence

Based on requests from local partners, ICNL and ECNL conducted a comparative analysis of the draft Law of Georgia on Transparen…