October 14, 2021 On October 13th, 2021 the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP), a network of 150+ member organizations working in 181 countries to end violent conflict and build sustainable peace, sent a letter to Secretary
A new Executive Order (EO) issued on Sept. 17, 2021 authorizes the Department of Treasury to impose sanctions on persons and entities responsible for the current wave of violence in Ethiopia. Although the Executive Order
September 24, 2021 On Sept. 24, 2021, the Department of Treasury issued two general licenses to allow transactions necessary to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. However, these general licenses do not include similar protections for
The 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project had a chilling effect on peacebuilders working abroad and left practitioners worrying that their work might run afoul of US counterterrorism law. Seven years later, many
A new resource on our website outlines permissible activities for peacebuilders. The fact sheet is based on statements by U.S. officials in the Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project case. Since that Supreme Court decision, peacebuilders have faced significant
Since the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (HLP), peacebuilding organizations have faced significant uncertainty as to what communications with Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) remain permissible under the prohibition on
