During the week of Jun. 5, 2023, the Charity & Security Network (C&SN) virtually attended sessions at RightsCon 2023, which took place in Costa Rica. Topics covered during the event included: counter-terrorism measures' impacts on
By Katherine Tomaszewski Case Summary On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided Twitter v. Taamneh, holding that Twitter is not liable for aiding and abetting under
On Jun. 1, 2023, the United States (U.S.) Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued four general licenses (GLs) authorizing certain activities and transactions in Sudan, including General License 2, which
On May 3, 2023, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and several U.S. citizens living in Israel against the U.S. Campaign for
On Apr. 25, 2023, the Charity & Security Network (C&SN), in partnership with ARTICLE 19 and the European Center for Not-For-Profit Law (ECNL), on behalf of the CSO Coalition on Human Rights and Counter-terrorism, hosted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RrzLtwLaIc On May 5, 2023, the Charity & Security Network (C&SN), in partnership with the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) and the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), presented at PeaceCon 2023 a session
The Charity & Security Network endorsed a joint letter, signed by 104 civil society organizations, urging the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Under Secretary-General Miguel Ángel Moratinos not to adopt an overly broad definition
On Feb. 27, 2023, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Supplemental Guidance for the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance (“2023 Fact Sheet”) to update OFAC’s Guidance Related to the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance by
Washington, D.C., Apr. 7, 2023 - Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Representative (Rep.) Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) introduced a bill which would repeal and replace the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military
Following U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's comments that U.S. sanctions regimes placed on Iran are not working, C&SN's Associate Director for Policy & Advocacy, Ashleigh Subramanian-Montgomery, underscores the ineffective track record of U.S. sanctions regimes in meeting their stated U.S. foreign policy objectives. She highlights the suffering U.S. sanctions impose on
