Laws restricting demonstrations, boycotts, and other modes of activism are increasingly reducing the space for civic mobilization in the United States. To learn more about this problem check out this op-ed in the LA Times by ICNL’s Nick Robinson.

On April 8, 2022, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India issued its judgment in Noel Harper v. Union of India, addressing the constitutionality of the 2020 amendments to Sections 7, 12A, 12(1A), and 17(1) of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).

This handbook aims to strengthen the capacity of paralegals and others working to protect and promote an enabling environment for civil society in Uganda.

The immediacy of the climate crisis cannot be overstated, and an energy transition is both critical and overdue. However, the urgency to switch to renewable technologies cannot bypass civil society and grassroots actors. Renewable technologies have their own environmental and social impacts, which require input from civil society to lessen potential harm. Likewise, the transition itself may pose risks and be less likely to succeed if it excludes civil society and grassroots actors.

In a forthcoming article in Minnesota Law Review, ICNL’s Nick Robinson argues that U.S. jurisdictions should eliminate anti-rioting laws, both to better protect demonstrators and because anti-rioting laws are fundamentally unnecessary.

In this piece for the Global Center for CSO Accountability, ICNL Legal Advisor Nikhil Dutta explains how deploying the OECD DAC recommendation can expand civic space and empower civil society in partner countries and territories.

In an interview with Ms. Mai Elimat, who contributed to the fourth and fifth National Action Plans for the Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative in Jordan 2018-2020 with the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, she discussed the OGP mechanism and how women-led associations can benefit from these commitments and use them as a tool to push for government reform.

Following a swell of racial justice protests that have taken to the streets, politically charged bills are being introduced across the United States which give immunity to drivers who injure protestors.

In this article, Tamara Teebi explains the complex challenges facing women’s organizations and activists in Palestine. Women human rights defenders and women-led civil society organizations are subjected to harassment, restrictions, and violations, both online and offline, that limit their right to the freedom of peaceful assembly and association. This systematic repression makes their work difficult and excludes women from public life.

Dr. Taqi Al-Majali interviewed activists and experts on the rights of persons with disabilities about whether laws in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region protect people with disabilities and support their civil rights.