Washington, D.C. - The Charity & Security Network (C&SN), a coalition of more than 500 civil society representatives dedicated to protecting the rights of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) that help communities and address pressing human rights
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
On April 22, 2022, Reginald Turner, the President of the American Bar Association (ABA)—the largest voluntary association of attorneys and legal professionals in the world—wrote a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Israel’s
Today, 5 Palestinian organizations declared ‘unlawful associations’ by the Israeli military filed an objection to the designation, citing a lack of due process, a lack of evidence, conflict of interest, and violation of the rule
Washington, D.C., March 24, 2021 — Tomorrow marks the 6th anniversary of the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. As a direct result of the war, Yemen has for years now been home to the worst humanitarian
March 18, 2021 C&SN Director Paul Carroll writes for Just Security on the lessons learned from the designation of the Houthis as a terrorist group—namely that the underlying material support legal regime still poses unacceptable
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)
When a nonprofit organization (NPO) is listed by the U.S. government as a supporter of terrorism its assets within U.S. jurisdiction are generally frozen – or “blocked.” In order to contest the listing NPOs
External Link: When U.S. sanctions laws are applied to U.S. charities, funds can be frozen indefinitely, despite tax rules that require they be distributed for charitable purposes when a charity shuts down. In the Oct.
The legal authority for the Department of Treasury to designate a person or organization as a Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) (or freeze assets "pending investigation") is based on laws providing for economic sanctions
