The European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) has published new flashcards that assess the state of the right to freedom of assembly in five different Western Balkans countries. The flashcards were created as a supplementary tool to help communicate information from ECNL’s country reports, which are part of the Western Balkans Assembly Monitor project under…
Are you an activist curious about your legal right to receive domestic and foreign funding? The World Movement for Democracy’s new “Civil Society and the Right to Access Resources” interactive infographic provides clarification about this very issue. The tool demonstrates how the right to access donor funding is defined by the international community and explains…
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) have released the new election toolkit for election observers, “Votes Without Violence: A Citizen Observer’s Guide to Addressing Violence Against Women in Elections.” The toolkit seeks to arm election observers with a gender inclusive framework for assessing elections, and give actionable strategies that promote a safer space for women to…
The UN is launching a new online tool, “The 10 Principles Implementation Checklist,” that will help activists score, and assess how closely their public authorities follow international law while managing public assemblies. The checklist is built on the “10 Guiding Principles” highlighted in the UN Special Rapporteur’s March 2016 report, “Practical Recommendations for the Management…