Two recently enacted bills in Zambia have the potential to undermine the right to freedom of expression online.

On May 20, 2025, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved a Foreign Agents Law. ICNL reviewed the law and found that it falls short of international law standards for regulating for non-profits.

The Oversight Board has overturned Meta’s decision to leave up content targeting a human rights defender from Peru, citing ICNL’s public comment in their decision.

Nonprofits are confronting an environment of heightened legal risks. This roadmap highlights ten legal issues that government and private actors have recently cited to justify heightened scrutiny of certain organizations, and identifies tools to help strengthen organizations’ legal compliance.

This checklist helps nonprofit organizations in Paraguay meet their legal obligations under the country’s current regulatory framework.

This checklist helps nonprofit organizations in El Salvador meet their legal obligations under the country’s current regulatory framework.

This simple checklist helps nonprofit organizations in Honduras meet their legal obligations under the country’s current regulatory framework.

These tools help nonprofit organizations in Guatemala understand and meet their legal obligations under the country’s current regulatory framework.

These tools help nonprofit organizations in Costa Rica understand and meet their legal obligations under the country’s current regulatory framework.

From 2020 to 2024, ICNL worked with FORUM-ASIA, Media Defence and over a dozen local civil society organizations to address authoritarian measures enacted throughout the Indo-Pacific region in response to COVID-19.