The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced January 28, 2021 that it will pause publication of a final rule that would have prohibited the largest U.S. banks from denying financial services in
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
On July 24, 2020 Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, introduced the Citizen Participation Act (HR 7771). The bill aims to make it easier to dismiss lawsuits known
The Zachor Legal Institute, a U.S.-based advocacy group that produces legal materials “made available for use by the entire Zionist umbrella of organizations,” sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) calling for a
The scope of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) appears to have been expanded once again as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently asked a U.S. nonprofit organization (NPO) to register under the Act
Concerns about politically motivated enforcement of the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) have once again been raised after three Senators sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting an investigation of the National
The examination of foreign influence on U.S. elections has put a heavy focus on the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA), the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA), an until-fairly-recently-somewhat-ignored law that requires those working for a
Headlines in recent weeks serve as reminders that the long-standing problem of government surveillance of civil society has not gone away. Instead it is growing into a threat to the privacy of communications of civil
“Development Needs Civil Society: The Implications of Civic Society for the Sustainable Development Goals,” by the ACT Alliance and Institute for Development Studies, examines the consequences of closing civic space on civil society organizations (CSOs),
In her report to the Fortieth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) on the role of measures to address terrorism and violent extremism on closing space (Advance Unedited Version, A/HRC/40/52, February 18, 2019),
