The Charity & Security Network, a resource and advocacy center dedicated to protecting nonprofit organizations’ (NPOs’) ability to carry out effective programs that aid communities and promote human rights, is concerned about recent reports indicating the
By Kay Guinane Despite setbacks for human rights, including use of emergency powers to suppress civil society, there are promising signs that the powers that be are ready to address the disconnect between counterterrorism measures
Despite release of guidance for delivery of Covid-19 relief in areas impacted by U.S. sanctions, humanitarian and medical relief organizations are having difficulty getting supplies where they need to go, due to sanctions restrictions. With
The CIVICUS Monitor, a global research collaboration that rates and tracks respect for fundamental freedoms in 196 countries, has downgraded the United States’ rating from “Narrowed” to “Obstructed.” The rating change coincides with the release
We are aware of more and more reports and testimonials that the Trump Administration and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are considering designating the Houthis in Yemen as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Such a
The Charity & Security Network (C&SN), an international coalition of hundreds of civil society organizations, works to safeguard the work of humanitarian, peacebuilding and human rights organizations by promoting an enabling legal environment. We congratulate
In a report submitted to the UN General Assembly in mid-October, Alena Douhan, the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, found that unilateral sanctions
The Charity & Security Network, a coalition of more than 500 civil society representatives dedicated to protecting the rights of nonprofit organizations that help communities and address pressing human rights issues, strongly urges the State
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
Plaintiffs brought an action against the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights under the Anti-Terrorism claiming that, by acting as fiscal sponsor for the Boycott National Committee, a coalition of organizations in Palestine, the USCPR
