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.
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Turkey’s Human Right Rollback – Recommendations for Reform
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.
Response of the Civic Space Initiative to the July 2014 Proposal of the Open Working Group for Sustainable Development Goals
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.
New Practices in Raising Domestic Funds by CSOs in Europe
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.
Towards a new relation of partnership between civil society organisations and the State
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.
Mapping Initiatives to Address Legal Constraints on Foreign Funding
Since January 2012, more than 50 countries have introduced or enacted legislation constraining civil society.
Egypt’s Draft NGO Law Violates International, National Law
The newest draft NGO law issued in late June by Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity would severely restrict civil society.
UN Report on the Realization of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression in Electoral Contexts
PUBLISHED: JULY 2014 This July 2014 report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, […]
Approaches in Regulation of Volunteering
This European Center for Not-for-Profit Law paper outlines key attributes of volunteering based on the definition of volunteering by the International Labor Organization (ILO).
Volunteering: European Practice of Regulation
This paper from the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law outlines key attributes of volunteering based on the definition of volunteering by the International Labor Organization (ILO).
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