Since 2014, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been increasingly pushing countries to conduct a risk assessment of the non profit organization (NPO) sector.

From India to Spain, civil society is becoming increasingly constrained, with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – set up to combat financial crime – unwittingly restricting NGOs.

This discussion paper by the Task Team on CSO Development Effectiveness and Enabling Environment offers possibilities to the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation for applying its monitoring of enabling environments for civil society to the implementation and review of the Sustainable Development Goals.

In this report (A/70/266), Maina Kiai’s third to the United Nations General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association compares the enabling environments that States, multilateral organizations and other actors create for businesses and associations, and highlights instances where they are treated inequitably.

This 2015 report by Human Rights First illustrates the vital importance for the United States to encourage its allies to implement security policies rooted in the reality that good governance, the rule of law, and respect for human rights are essential tools in countering violent extremism.

This report from Statewatch in collaboration with Human Security Collective explores the impact of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations on non-profit organizations in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Social entrepreneurship – which combines the tools and strategies of a business with social values and goals – is becoming more widespread in Europe.

This report, by Dr. Tomicah Tillemann, addresses the gap between the aspirations of governments that want to safeguard civic space and the actions required to realize that goal.

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.