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.

This report from CIVICUS details the key events, issues, and trends affecting civil society around the world. The 2015 report provides snapshots from people’s demonstrations in Brazil, Burkina Faso, Hong Kong, Mexico and Ukraine in 2014 -2015 and also reviews outcomes of the earlier waves of protests around the globe.

On April 25 in Banjul, The Gambia, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) officially launched a landmark report on freedom of association and assembly in Africa.

Given a recent wave of inquiries, ICNL and the Council on Foundations are organizing an open conference call on China’s Draft Law on Management of Overseas NGOs and Foundations: Impact on U.S. Funders and Organizations Working in China.

The Hudson Institute’s Index of Philanthropic Freedom assesses the level of philanthropic freedom around the world and provides recommendations for policymakers. 

Chief among the current challenges facing the global human rights community (and broader civil society) is a contagion growing in intensity described best as the closing space around civil society.