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IAJC Adopts Principles on the Operation of Civil Society Organizations

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

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 …

OAS Regional Report on CSO Regulation

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Briefer summarizes these laws and implementation practices governing civil society organization in the 35 Organization of Ameri…

Briefer on the Inter-American Principles on CSO Regulation

This document was designed to help participants in this process and other stakeholders understand the Principles, advocate for …

Legal Obstacles to Indigenous Mobilization and Representation in Brazil

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This Portuguese language report investigates the legal barriers to organization and representation of indigenous peoples in Bra…

Terrorism Financing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations in Latin America

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This ICNL Spanish-language publication is based on survey responses submitted by 729 NPO sector representatives from 17 partici…

Legal Responses to Covid-19 in Latin American & the Caribbean

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Latin American and Caribbean country’s legal responses to the COVID-19 and the impacts on freedom of association, peaceful asse…

Positive Government Responses to COVID-19

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

Latin America: Freedoms of Association and Peaceful Assembly in Times of Coronavirus

On April 1, 2020, ICNL hosted Regional Virtual Round Tables for civil society partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to ad…

Assessment and MonitoringCountry Assessments

Initial Observations on Brazilian President Bolsonaro’s Inauguration Day Decree affecting NGOs

Immediately after he was sworn into office on January 1, 2019, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro imposed sweeping changes on t…

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Financial Action Task Force Toolkit

This toolkit unpacks anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing rules and the standards and procedures of FATF for nonp…

At the Intersection of Security and Regulation

This 2018 report by the Human Security Collective and ECNL examines the phenomenon of “de-risking,” explores its linkages to AM…

Assessment and MonitoringCountry Assessments

Understanding the Drivers of De-Risking and the Impact on Civil Society Organizations

This report by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law and the Human Security Collective addresses how bank de-risking and f…

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Parcerias entre Estado e OSCs – desafios na construção de colaborações para implementação da Lei 13.019/2014

This analysis by Brazilian professor Patricia Maria Emerenciano de Mendonça looks at the history of Sector-State negotiations o…

Enabling Environment National Assessment

The Enabling Environment National Assessment (EENA) is an action-oriented research tool designed to assess the legal, regulator…

Assessment and MonitoringRegional Assessments

Challenges and Opportunities to Promote More Enabling Legal Environments for Civil Society Organizations

Partners in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Panama gathered data on the practical impact of laws governing civil…

Assessment and MonitoringCountry Assessments

Setting Up A Regulatory Framework For Partnership Between Civil Society and Public Authorities In Brazil

This case study on Brazil discusses the development of the regulatory framework for CSOs in the country and describes an inspir…

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CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report 2015

This report from CIVICUS details the key events, issues, and trends affecting civil society around the world. The 2015 report p…

Brazil Forges New Partnership with Civil Society Organizations

ICNL Fellow Diego Carmona Scardone shares his research on a mechanism for state-civil society partnership in Brazil (photo credit: ICNL)

PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 As the government of Brazil seeks to overcome complex social and economic challenges, it is lookin…

President of Brazil Affirms Support for Enabling Legal Reforms for CSOs

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PUBLISHED: JUNE 5, 2014 In a May 23, 2014 speech during the II International Seminar of the Legal Framework for Civil Society O…