This 2014 report by the UN Secretary General synthesizes input on the the Post-2015 Agenda.

A paper detailing the outcomes of an African regional workshop on “Protecting Civic Space” on November 17-18, 2014 at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. 

The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association are equally fundamental and protected at the national and multilateral levels.

This OHCHR guide highlights issues related to the work of civil society actors (CSAs), providing an overview of the conditions and environment needed for a free and independent civil society, including relevant international human rights standards for freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly, and the right to participate in public affairs.

This Human Rights Watch report outlines the rollback of human rights and rule of law in Turkey, linked to the 2013 mass anti-government protests.

In this letter to the Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Post 2015 Development Planning, the Civic Space Initiative (CSI) partners express our concern that there is no explicit recognition of an “enabling environment for civil society” in the Open Working Group’s proposal on Sustainable Development Goals and urging that the UN Secretary General’s synthesis report highlights this issue.

This 2014 paper by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law focuses on opportunities to enhance CSOs’ financial sustainability by raising funds from private domestic sources and through indirect state support mechanisms.

ICNL Fellow Diego Scardone shares lessons from Brazil’s collaborative process in developing a landmark law regulating public funding of CSOs and CSO participation in public policymaking.

Since January 2012, more than 50 countries have introduced or enacted legislation constraining civil society.

The newest draft NGO law issued in late June by Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity would severely restrict civil society.