House-Passed Bill Orders Report on Derisking
The U.S. House of Representatives on October 25, 2019, passed a bill designed to update the Bank Secrecy Act for the first time since the PATRIOT Act. The bill contains report language that could add
Charity & Security Network Announces Leadership Transition
Plan Expands Capacity and Maintains Continuity The Charity & Security Network (C&SN) announced today that Kay Guinane, its founder and Executive Director, will transition from her current position and assume the role of part-time Senior
Surveillance of Civil Society is a Growing Problem
Headlines in recent weeks serve as reminders that the long-standing problem of government surveillance of civil society has not gone away. Instead it is growing into a threat to the privacy of communications of civil
UN Report: “Soft Law” Bodies Must Integrate Human Rights Into Counterterrorism Efforts
A new report from the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (SRCT), Fionnuala Ni Aolain, focuses on the role of “soft law” bodies – organizations such
Task Force on Humanitarian Access Releases Recommendations, Report
The Task Force on Humanitarian Access, co-chaired by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Todd Young (R-IN), released Denial, Delay, Diversion: Tackling Access Challenges in an Evolving Humanitarian Landscape on Sept. 18. The Task Force, launched by the Center
New EO on Terrorist Listings Could Worsen Bank Derisking
A new Executive Order (EO) signed by President Trump on September 10, 2019, specifically targets correspondent bank relationships as possible sources of terrorist financing. The new order, which gives U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)
“Lawfare” Suit Against Oxfam GB Unsealed
Updated Sept. 24, 2019 Since The Zionist Advocacy Center (TZAC) began using the False Claims Act (FCA) to legally challenge nonprofit organizations (NPOs) working in Palestine only three cases were publicly known. Although TZAC claims it
Proposed UN Terrorist Designation Lacking Humanitarian Protection Rejected
The Charity & Security Network (C&SN), in partnership with the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) and 11 other member organizations, sent a letter to U.S. officials urging defeat of Kenya’s proposal to designate Al-Shabaab a terrorist
Financial Services Deplatforming Hurts Aid, Peacebuilding
Increasingly, financial service companies and online payment platforms are bowing to pressure from outside groups to “deplatform” or cancel the accounts of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and human rights defenders working in global hot spots.
Trump Administration Issues Massive Sanctions on Venezuela
On 5 August 2019 the Trump Administration issued an executive order imposing additional sanctions on the Government of Venezuela that specifically allows “transactions related to provision of articles such as food, clothing and medicine intended to