This 2012 publication – published by BetterAid in cooperation with the Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness – provides an overview of the CSO initiatives that strengthened development effectiveness and the enabling environment for CSOs.

This report, published by the World Movement for Democracy and ICNL, lists legal barriers constraining civil society organizations (CSOs) around the world; addresses state justifications rationalizing these legal barriers; and identifies a set of international principles that defends civil society.

This 2012 UNESCO publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances.

Over the past decade, the United Nations’ work to combat global terrorism has expanded dramatically.

This handbook, prepared by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, outlines the ways in which the state can cooperate with non-state providers in order to deliver social services.

In this report (A/HRC/20/27), Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai’s first to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur highlights best practices worldwide that promote and protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, covering areas such as:

On April 10, 2012, CIVICUS released State of Civil Society 2011. The report highlights the current state of civil society, and the opportunity for civil society to prove its value amid global crises.

Over the course of the post-9/11 era, the U.S. Supreme Court has had much to say about the government’s response to terrorism as that response relates to military detention and trial before military commissions.

In 2011, armed personnel of the Egyptian government detained employees and seized documents and computers from several NGOs.

Contrary to the hopes and expectations of Egyptian and international observers, the year since Egypt’s January 25 Revolution has seen a sustained series of government-orchestrated attacks on civil society.