“Enabling Civic Space: Guidelines to Promote the Right to Access Funding.” This event was co-organized by the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, World Movement for Democracy, ARTICLE 19, Asia Democracy Network, CIVICUS, DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project), European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, Gulf Centre for Human Rights, International Center for Not-For-Profit Law, and Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy.

This event supplemented UNSR Clément Voule’s presentation of guidelines to help UN member states and donor agencies implement the recommendations outlined in his June 2022 report on access to resources. During the event, panelists discussed how to strengthen international human rights norms to promote civil society’s right to access funding. The discussion also explored how the guidelines can help civil society advocacy in protecting the right. In particular, panelists offered practical recommendations for improving the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s counterterrorism measures and countering foreign agents laws.

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