This Armenian Weekly article discusses excessive use of police force during protests in Armenia in July 2016.
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Experiences on the Implementation of the Percentage Designation Mechanism
Percentage designation mechanisms allow people to designate a certain percentage of their income tax to be paid to CSOs and religious organizations, and are often important supplementary sources of funding for the CSO sector in Central and Eastern Europe.
Challenges of Policing the Protests in Montenegro
In late 2015, Montenegro saw a wave of protests that aimed to boycott Parliament and demand the resignation of the Prime Minister and Government.
Protecting our Space: Human Rights Defender Strategies to Protect Civil Society Space
This report from the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) collects various firsthand examples of targeted advocacy to defend or expand civil society space and examines the shared elements that contributed to success.
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2016
This report launched by the UN Secretary-General in July 2016 provides more detail on the status of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), providing analysis of select indicators.
Freedom of Assembly on Trial in South Korea
To bring attention to restrictions on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in South Korea, Amnesty International organized a holographic Ghost Protest in Gwanghwamun Plaza, downtown Seoul, in 2016.
Monitoring Freedom of Assembly in the Western Balkans
This series of reports was prepared as part of the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law’s pilot research to monitor legal developments and practical implementation of free assembly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
OHCHR Human Rights Indicators
A list of key monitoring indicators published by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2016.
Overseas Surveillance in an Interconnected World
There has been relatively little public or congressional debate within the United States about the NSA’s overseas surveillance operations, which are governed primarily by Executive Order (EO) 12333.
2016 Report of the UN Secretary General on Progress Toward the SDGs
This first annual report issued by the UN Secretary General in June 2016 provides an overview of the status of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) six months after the start of their implementation.