These guidelines, put together by the NGO Law Institute (NGOLI) with the support of ICNL, are designed to help activists from Belarus and other Eurasian countries who relocate to Lithuania to organize their work in compliance with Lithuanian law.

The Guide contains detailed information on the procedure for government tax inspections of CSOs in Kyrgyzstan.

This ICNL partner analysis assesses Myanmar's 2022 Association Registration Law and the FATF blacklisting in October 2022 and their potential impacts on media and civil society actors. Taken together, these two measures are likely to constrain media and civil society, which are trying to survive in an already highly challenging operational environment.

Based on requests from local partners, ICNL and ECNL conducted a comparative analysis of the draft Law of Georgia on Transparency of Foreign Influence (the Draft Law) regarding its compliance with international law and European standards (Analysis).

States across the U.S. have adopted over forty new laws that restrict the right to peaceful assembly. These laws can criminalize and deter constitutionally protected protest activity, undermining our First Amendment rights.

This report, written by Noshir H. Dadrawala for ICNL’s India nonprofit law reform workshops in December 2018, provides a detailed analysis of the regulation of nonprofit organizations in India.

Around the world, governments are constraining civil society and dissent. A common tactic of these governments is to enact legislation targeting civil society groups that receive international funding.

ICNL and ECNL developed a comprehensive report summarizing UN sources of law relating to association, drawing on materials from the Committee, UN Human Rights Council, and UN Special Rapporteurs.

The Global Study centers the lived experiences for civil society from across the globe operating amidst closing civic space and the widespread misuse of counter-terrorism measures.

In the wake of complaints about law enforcement’s response to the George Floyd protests, local, state, and the federal government have proposed reforms to better protect the freedom of assembly. This resource page provides examples of some of these reforms.