This paper, co-authored by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, was written for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to help develop participatory and transparent law-making process in Macedonia.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies conducted this study on the legal environment for volunteers in emergencies.

This Guidance Note, published by UN Volunteers and developed by ICNL and ECNL, is based on a global research study of laws governing volunteering.

This report (A/HRC/17/28) by Special Rapporteur Christof Heyns discusses the legal norms applicable to the use of lethal force during demonstrations.

This 2011 report by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, discusses the legal norms applicable to the use of lethal force during demonstrations.

In this 2011 report, UN Special Rapporteur Frank La Rue explores key trends and challenges to the right of all individuals to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through the Internet.

In the name of fighting terrorism, governments have curtailed political freedoms and imposed restrictive measures against human rights defenders and civil society activists in many countries.

ICNL and the World Movement for Democracy are pleased to announce the release of a new series of 15 country reports as part of the Defending Civil Society project. 

This 2011 report by the Center for Democracy & Technology explores how the internationally recognized right to freedom of expression should apply to the Internet.

This law review article by Mark Sidel explores the different legal and policy approaches to terrorism in the US and UK, and the effects on civil society organizations in both countries.