This case study on Brazil discusses the development of the regulatory framework for CSOs in the country and describes an inspiring participatory process.

This list by ECNL, the European Foundation Centre, and Human Security Collective aims to categorize the various types of overregulation NGOs encounter, which has resulted from or may have resulted from the misinterpretation and/or misapplication of the Financial Action Task Force regime, with a focus on Recommendation 8.

A brief published by the Asian Development Bank in 2015 on the growing movement for governments to engage with citizens and civil society and how that affects good governance and development effectiveness.

This 2015 UNSECO study provides a comprehensive overview of the core documents about Internet Governance principles developed and adopted by various stakeholders.

This 2015 report by the Transparency and Accountability Initiative aims to inform the development of a global index of civic space that will enable concerned actors to be more effective in supporting and advocating for the protection and enablement of civic space.

This report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies shows the environments and contexts within which volunteering is practiced are rapidly changing and how these changes are impacting volunteerism.

In this report (A/HRC/29/25), Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai examines the role that the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association play in opening space for genuine and effective participation across the spectrum of natural resource exploitation activities.

This paper by the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights explores the legal framework for cross-border funding as a protected right at international, regional, and national levels.

This paper, published by the International Forum for Volunteering in Development, discusses options for documenting and showcasing the collective contributions of a diverse community of volunteers to sustainable development, in the context of the adoption by the United Nations of the universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Best Practices Paper on Combating the Abuse of Non-Profit Organizations was first written in 2002 at a time when the FATF had just introduced standards to address specific terrorist financing vulnerabilities and threats in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.