Following intense political pressure from the Israeli government and allied organizations, the Dutch government has decided to cut funding to a Palestinian NGO that aids farmers in areas targeted for Israeli settlement expansion, the Union
On Jan. 5, 2022, the Dutch Foreign Ministry published a letter to the Dutch Parliament announcing that it was cutting its financial support for the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), a leading Palestinian civil
December 22, 2021 C&SN's Founder and Senior Advisor Kay Guinane is quoted, arguing that while "the new general licenses go farther than their predecessors by protecting a broader range of activities... Rather than taking a
December 22, 2021 C&SN's Founder and Senior Advisor Kay Guinane is quoted, arguing that while new general licenses issued by the Treasury Department "represent important progress in protecting the lifesaving work of civil society groups
Washington, D.C., December 22, 2021 — In response to the U.S. Treasury Department issuing General Licenses 17, 18 and 19, and accompanying guidance, to facilitate humanitarian and other civil society operations in Afghanistan, Kay Guinane,
By Kay Guinane Over the last two decades humanitarian actors have experienced increasing legal restrictions on their operations and physical attacks on personnel and facilities. This long-standing problem is a manifestation of the larger trend
Federal bank regulators published a long-awaited update to the chapter on nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in the Bank Examination Manual, which governs how federal bank examiners review bank compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money
Dec. 3, 2021 On Nov. 30, the State Department announced that the removal of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) lists.
December 2, 2021 On Nov. 24, 2021 the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced expansion of its General License for NPO activities in Syria. This is an encouraging sign that Treasury
November 17, 2021 C&SN Founder and Senior Advisor Kay Guinane is quoted in the story, arguing that Israel's designations "mark a crescendo, not an opening salvo, in the Israeli government's long-standing campaign to suppress Palestinian
