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🔔 New CFM entry: #Kyrgyzstan. Updates include the new Digital Code (in force Feb. 5, 2026) and a draft media registration regulation that could expand requirements to online platforms.
Learn more about civic freedoms in 🇰🇬 : www.icnl.org/resources/ci...
Call for proposals website revamp 2026 - 3
🌍 ICNL invites civil society organizations in #Mozambique to apply for grants supporting work to advance civic freedoms and strengthen participation in Mozambique. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until March 31, 2026.
🔗Learn more: www.icnl.org/work-with-us...
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✨ Consultant opportunity: Support ICNL’s Civic Freedom Monitor report on #Zimbabwe.
The Civic Freedom Monitor (CFM) is a web-based platform that provides up-to-date information on legal issues affecting civil society and civic freedoms.
👉 Learn more: www.icnl.org/work-with-us
🙌 ICNL’s Board and staff coming together in Canada
A meaningful moment to connect in person, reflect on the challenges ahead, and strengthen the work needed to protect civic space globally.
Navigating the Foreign Agents Registration Act - 1
🆕 Navigating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) can be complex for nonprofits.
Our new briefer explains the law, why it matters, and steps organizations can take to navigate compliance in a shifting legal landscape.
Read the briefer: www.icnl.org/our-work/us-...
"Once these laws are on the books, they are rarely revised to be more narrowly targeted; it is mostly a one-way ratchet." said ICNL's Elly Page to @talkingpointsmemo.com in regards to state domestic terrorism laws.
Read the full article ⬇️
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🇨🇷 What’s changed for civil society in #CostaRica?
Our new Civic Freedom Monitor entry tracks developments shaping civic space—so advocates, researchers, and partners can stay informed.
👉 Access it here: www.icnl.org/resources/ci...
Multilateral engagement series - 1
📣 In case you missed it: ICNL’s latest resource on multilateral engagement strategies for civil society.
It outlines a practical four-step, iterative process that partners can adapt to engage effectively with multilateral processes and mechanisms to advance open civic space in their countries.
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🆕 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan’s new Digital Code introduces real fines for data violations. ICNL’s new guide helps CSOs understand their obligations, manage consent, and reduce legal risk.
Learn more HERE: www.icnl.org/post/news/ky...
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) (@icnl.bsky.social) has published a USJF-supported white paper, analyzing structural challenges in Japan’s nonprofit sector and proposing legal reforms to strengthen civic participation.
us-jf.org/en/news/usjf...
"This work has been further strengthened through strategic alliances (...) but also with international civil society organizations such as the International Center for Not‑for‑Profit Law and Article 19—demonstrating the collective power of connecting communities"🙌
A must-read article by UNDP🔽
It offers targeted recommendations to modernize the system, ensuring it can respond to the growing complexity, diversity, and dynamism of civil society.
👇Learn MORE: www.icnl.org/post/report/...
The paper identifies systemic issues across nonprofit legal forms and analyzes how they affect organizational effectiveness and long-term sustainability.
🇯🇵 🆕White Paper: Room for Reform examines Japan’s nonprofit legal framework.
This report was supported by the USJP - @usjf.bsky.social and developed in partnership with JACO.
🔗https://www.icnl.org/post/report/room-for-reform-the-legal-framework-for-nonprofit-organizations-in-japan
Multilateral engagement series - 1
💢 NEW RESOURCE: We are launching the Multilateral Engagement Series.
Brief 1 offers practical strategies for civil society to engage global and regional mechanisms in ways that strengthen civic space at the national level.
Explore the new briefer: www.icnl.org/post/analysi...
🌐Who shapes the future of AI?
At the #IndiaAIImpactSummit, ICNL supported Raymond Amumpaire of #Uganda, representing CAIEGA and the Digital Rights Alliance Africa, to engage in discussions on AI regulation and global AI politics.
🌟The global dialogue is stronger when civil society leads.
Federal terrorism law - 1
🇺🇸📝 Our latest explainer clarifies how certain federal terrorism-related provisions, including material support laws, enhanced sentencing, and terrorist designations, can carry legal and operational consequences for civil society actors.
Learn more: www.icnl.org/federal-terr...
NEW – “Not Safe for Politics: Cellebrite Used on Kenyan Activist and Politician Boniface Mwangi”
New research shows that Kenyan authorities used Cellebrite’s forensic extraction tools to access activist Boniface Mwangi’s phone.
Read: citizenlab.ca/research/cel...
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New resource 📘🇺🇸
What do federal terrorism laws mean for U.S. nonprofits and activists?
ICNL’s explainer breaks down key federal offenses, government designation authorities, enhanced sentencing rules, and what constitutional protections apply.
👉 Read our analysis: www.icnl.org/federal-terr...
#Uganda | 🔴 I led a joint communication concerning alleged human rights violations throughout 2025 and in the context of the electoral process. The 60-day deadline has passed and no response has been received. 🔗 spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas... #HumanRights #FreedomOfAssembly #CivicSpace
At #AIImpactSummitIndia, ICNL joined the Freedom Online Coalition for a high-level discussion with world leaders on embedding transparency, human-centered design, and responsible governance into AI-enabled public services.
🎥Watch now ⬇️
www.youtube.com/live/Uxcxu5x...
At the #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026, ICNL’s Zach Lampell joined important conversations shaping the future of AI governance:
🔹A deep dive into global AI governance ecosystem under the #MAPAI Initiative
🔹High-level Freedom Online Coalition discussion on governing AI within digital public infrastructure
🌟So proud to see our President & CEO, Douglas Rutzen, featured as part of the @mottfoundation.bsky.social’s 100 Voices series.
Doug’s words remind us that civil society is not abstract. It is human. It is people coming together to stand up to injustice, to solve problems, and to build better futures
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Continuing our Impact Series 🌍🇿🇼
When new NGO rules in #Zimbabwe put women’s rights groups at risk, ICNL partnered with local NGOs to train 30 women organizations and provide legal guidance. 80% were able to take steps to ensure compliance💪
🔹 Read more HERE: www.icnl.org/post/feature...
Defending Civic Space in SIDS & LDCs - 1
❗ New ICNL Workshop Series 🌍 for Civil Society Organizations
Defending Civic Space in SIDS & LDCs: Multilateral engagement strategies
🗓 February 25 OR 26, 2026
🌐 Interpretation available
Join us in strengthening civic space where it matters most.
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Rwi...
🌟We are proud to be a community partner of The Multistakeholder Approaches to Participation in AI Governance (MAP-AI) initiative.
📆 On Feb 17 in New Delhi, ICNL Senior Legal Advisor Zach Lampell will speak at the session “A Deep Dive on AI Governance Frameworks and Processes.”
⏰ 11:30 am IST
Call for proposals website revamp 2026 - 10
🔔 Open Grant Opportunities @ICNL
🔹 Advancing civic freedoms.
🔹 Strengthening participation.
🔹Defending civic space.
🌐 Now accepting grant proposals for #Thailand, #Philippines, #Zimbabwe, #Kenya, #Malawi, and across SIDS & LDCs globally.
Learn more: www.icnl.org/work-with-us...
🌍 📝 Consultancy Opportunities @ ICNL
Support our work across Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Thailand.
View current opportunities: www.icnl.org/work-with-us
🤖 2025 ICNL Impact Series — Digital Rights
Next in our 2025 impact story series: how ICNL is keeping human rights at the center of AI governance, from the UN to civil society partners in Zambia and Malaysia.
📖 Read more ⬇️ www.icnl.org/post/feature...
