On March 15, 2017, Võ Văn Ái of the democratic Vietnamese non-profit organization, Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), spoke about Vietnam’s restrictive “Law on Belief and Religion” at the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The “Law on Belief and Religion” requires religious groups to register with the government,…
The International Center for Not-for-Profit-Law (ICNL), an organization that supports the legal environment of civil society around the world, released their annual 2015-2016 report entitled “Protecting Civic Freedom.” In the report, ICNL highlights their efforts to defend civil society organizations’ (CSOs) right to access resources through policy recommendations produced by the inter-governmental group, Financial Action…
A new interactive “Democracy Resource Hub” was recently launched to introduce today’s different forms of digital democracy. The Resource Hub posits that digital democracy is “the future of democratic governance” and an effective asset for traditional structures to utilize. Chronicling theoretical developments of digital democracy, the Hub highlights prominent men and women that have engineered…
The Tactical Technology Collective (TTC), a nonprofit organization based in Berlin, Germany, creates dynamic digital resources for civil society activists. Every year, more than 2,000 activists learn from the organization’s interactive trainings and workshops to develop a better understanding of how to utilize technology to in their activism. TTC’s latest project, the Glass Room, showcases…