This practical guide helps civil society organizations in Zimbabwe navigate recent changes to the Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO) Act.

This ICNL brief analyzes key provisions in a proposed amendment to Georgia’s Law on Grants.

This ICNL brief highlights key differences between the Georgian FARA and the US FARA and Georgia’s international law obligations with respect to Georgian FARA.

In September 2024, the Georgian Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) issued decisions designating the status of a “person with a declared electoral goal” to two prominent, pro-EU civil society organizations (CSOs), a designation that effectively reclassifies CSOs as similar to political parties, and imposes restrictions on the activities of and funding opportunities available to CSOs.

In recent years, civil society organizations (CSOs) in Moldova have witnessed several improvements to the legal environment. However, CSOs are still hindered by their reliance on foreign funding, which limits their financial sustainability.

This Brief provides an overview of the changes to the Implementing Regulation, specifically regarding the requirements for completing the Financial Declaration.

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

This report develops a typology of salient features of foreign influence registration laws and then shares key recommendations for substantive arguments against overbroad foreign influence registration laws and potential response strategies.

The Myanmar military launched a crackdown on media freedom as part of a coup d’état on 1 February 2021, persecuting journalists and rolling back a decade of legal
reforms. ICNL has built a large case database of detained journalists, cross-corroborating multiple civil society monitoring efforts, and complementing them with an
analysis of the legal status of cases.