In early 2023, Georgians took to the streets to protest a highly restrictive draft foreign agent law. Within days of the draft's release, ICNL and ECNL developed and disseminated an analysis of the flaws.

Although the freedom of association is enshrined in constitutions across the Americas, restrictions to this right are common. ICNL and Orias developed the InterAmerican Principles - twelve straightforward principles set a benchmark for OAS member states' regulation of CSOs, from establishment to dissolution.

This assessment, produced by ICNL in 2018, presents Jamaica's laws - or lack thereof - that impact civil society organizations and social enterprises within a framework of international legal standards and comparative practice.

On May 14, 2024, the Georgian parliament adopted the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence. The Law requires non-entrepreneurial legal entities and media organizations to register and submit information to be included in a special registry of “implementing organizations of foreign power interests” to be maintained by the Ministry of Justice.

This Legislative Overview examines the regulation of civil society organizations’ key sources of income and the important legal factors that impact their financial sustainability in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

On August 1, 2024, the Ministry of Justice of Georgia (MoJ) adopted the “Rule for Registration, Financial Declaration Submission, and Monitoring of Organizations Acting in the Interests of Foreign Powers”.

This report explores the response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Aotearoa New Zea­land - balancing of rights and general protection of civic freedoms.

On August 21, 2024, the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) and FORUM-ASIA, with logistical support from the Asia Centre, convened a one-day workshop exploring governance practices during public emergencies.

This report draws on a first of its kind ICNL database of state domestic terrorism statutes to warn about the chilling impact these laws can have for U.S. civil society.

This overview provides interpretations and analysis of the requirements in the Regulation to help NNLEs better understand the requirements.