Special Rapporteur, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, addresses the trends, developments and challenges threatening civil society’s access to financial resources, including laws, policies and practices that impede such access in this report, submitted to the UN Human Rights Council in accordance with resolution 41/12.

This series of videos, featuring civil society representatives, academics, and government officials from across Latin America and the Caribbean, explores different issues related to CSOs’ access to financial resources.  

ECNL Senior Legal Advisor Marta Achler's piece discusses why the internet and the online spaces are a 'lifeline' for expression and assembly during the coronavirus pandemic. She writes that this lifeline is under threat and deserves much more protection and how there is an immediate opportunity to change that.

In an article for Just Security, ICNL President Douglas Rutzen and Legal Advisor Nikhil Dutta discuss government overreach during pandemics and list recommendations on how states can promote rights-respecting governmental measures during a public health emergency.

This is a repository of UN and regional materials relating to the right to peaceful assembly. The collection includes views, concluding observations, and lists of issues from the UN Human Rights Committee and other UN treaty bodies, along with regional standards, recommendations, and jurisprudence. It aims to support efforts to develop international standards regarding this fundamental freedom and support organizations to advocate for a better legal environment.

Amnesty International’s preliminary observation report examines the human rights concerns and challenges that often emerge in epidemic responses, with specific reference to COVID-19. It summarizes states’ human rights obligations and the key human rights laws, standards, and principles that must be reflected in the responses.

In this piece for the Center for Global Development, ICNL Alliance Advisory Council Member Michael Pisa discusses how the use of digital tools to monitor the coronavirus spread raises serious questions about governments continuing to use these surveillance tools for other purposes after the crisis.

The COVID-19 response is currently an all-consuming effort for governments and people in countries around the world. In this time of urgency, ICNL and ECNL offer a quick guide for authorities striving to protect lives in line with their duty to uphold human rights and protect human dignity, based on international human rights obligations.

The United States is in the midst of addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. All 50 states, as well as the federal government, have now declared emergencies and issued a range of executive orders to combat the spread of the virus. While COVID-19 is a serious threat to public health, measures to address it should not become a serious threat to civil liberties. Emergency