This 2013 policy briefing from TNI discusses, among other things, the danger in encouraging regimes to restrict the legitimate activities of CSOs when transposing financing requirements.
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Guidelines for a Model Foundations Law in the MENA region
In recent years, the Arab region has seen a steady increase in the number of foundations and witnessed increased engagement of corporate philanthropy in support of social/economic initiatives.
Submission on an Enabling Environment for Civil Society To the UN High Level Panel on the Post 2015 Development Agenda
In this submission, ICNL and our partners in the Civic Space Initiative (CSI) urged the High Level Panel to prioritize an “enabling environment” for civil society in the post 2015 development agenda with due focus on governance and legal frameworks.
UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on Foreign Funding of CSOs
In recent years, civil society actors have been facing increased control and undue restrictions in relation to funding they received, or allegedly received.
2013 Report of the Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights, Farida Shaheed
In this report, the Special Rapporteur addresses the right to freedom of artistic expression and creativity.
Inclusion of Civil Society Organizations in Contracting of Government Tasks
This paper by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law was prepared in response to the Government of Mongolia’s intentions to reform the system of contracting government tasks and to include civil society organization in the delivery of such tasks.
Freedom of Association in Arab Countries
The Arab region witnessed tremendous changes between 2011-2013 as the result of popular uprisings in response to decades of lack of democracy and freedom, economic and social deprivations and inequalities, and a rise in unemployment, particularly among youth, poverty and social marginalization.
UNODC Comprehensive Study on Cybercrime
As required by General Assembly resolution 65/230, this 2013 Study was prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with a view to ‘examining options to strengthen existing and to propose new national and international legal or other responses to cybercrime.’
New Opportunities for Cooperation in Designing and Delivering International Aid by Filiz Bikmen
Turkey’s rapid economic growth has earned it a place among the world’s leading emerging markets.
Effective Measures and Best Practices to Ensure the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests
This report (A/HRC/22/28) by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights examines effective measures and best practices to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests.