Bills passed by Congress and signed into law in March include relief for public charities and private foundations with tax-exempt status under IRC Sec. 501(c)(3) whose budget and operations are impacted by the pandemic. This
Defense for Children International Palestine (DCI-P), a Palestinian human rights organization focused on child rights, secured a significant legal victory against smear attacks it has faced. As part of a settlement of DCI-P's libel case
In November 2019 the Jewish National Fund and 12 individual Americans living in Israel filed suit against Just Peace in the Middle East, a U.S. charity d/b/a US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR). The suit
A new UN report underscores the “lack of a robust scientific basis” for policies and practices aimed at preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE), as well as the “complete absence of human rights-based monitoring and
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Feb. 27, 2020 issued General License 8 “Authorizing Certain Humanitarian Trade Transactions Involving the Central Bank of Iran” and related FAQs in conjunction with the formalization of the Swiss
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced a package of bills on Feb. 12 that seek to redefine U.S. foreign policy with a new progressive baseline, which she dubbed the “Pathway to Peace.” One bill, the Congressional
Click here for a printable PDF of this fact sheet In recent years, two U.S. organizations have conducted smear campaigns against charities and human rights groups that appear intended to shut down or limit humanitarian
A new working paper from the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly summarizes previously published recommendations to protect principled humanitarian action impacted by counterterrorism legislation. The paper, Desk review of
In an update to its National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing, the U.S. Treasury Department cites the important role of charities in countering terrorism, emphasizes the use of the risk-based approach, and
A partial fix to the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA) was enacted as part of the 2020 omnibus budget legislation, signed into law in December 2019. The amended language, included as Section 903 of the