Impact of International Counter-Terrorism on Civil Society Organizations
Author: WUNRN
Date: July 16, 2017
For some years now, we have been observing that, throughout the world, civic engagement is getting riskier for activists, employees and volunteers working for associations, NGOs and social movements. In addition to this personal threat, their organizations face systematic restrictions on their abilities to conduct their work. An increasing number of countries are establishing laws or adapting existing legal frameworks to make civic engagement almost impossible. CSOs may have their registrations withdrawn or bank accounts frozen. Bans on foreign financing are becoming increasingly common. Some countries have introduced complicated as well as time and resource consuming administrative processes. This thwarts the work of civil society organizations all over the world and limits their independence.
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