Updates on NGO Laws
Civil Society Updates
The World Movement for Democracy monitors legal actions around the world that affect civil society organizations. Below is a list of updates on laws that affect civil society around the world.
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Malaysia: New Bill Threatens Right to Peaceful Assembly with Arbitrary and Disproportional Restrictions
Malaysia Parliament to Discuss Controversial Peaceful Assembly Bill
An open letter to MPs on Peaceful Assembly Bill
-LIM CHEE WEE, President, Malaysian Bar Council
November 28, 2011
You may have heard that the Malaysian Bar opposes the Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011 (“PA 2011”) on the grounds that it imposes unreasonable and...
Belarus: “New legislative amendments unduly restrict fundamental rights,” warn UN experts
GENEVA (24 November 2011) – Three United Nations independent experts warned that the new legislative amendments recently adopted by the National Assembly of Belarus may severely and arbitrarily restrict the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, association and expression, and breach international law.
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EGYPT: Government to tighten foreign funding regulations for civil society groups
The following article is from Almasry Alyoum. To read the original, go to: http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/511276
The Ministry of Social Solidarity is finalizing amendments to Law 48/2002 on civil society organizations to regulate foreign funding, informed sources from the ministry said Wednesday.
The amendments...
ALGERIA: Review of the Proposed Legislation on Associations
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and its member organisations in Algeria – the Action Group of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria (Collectif des Familles de Disparus en Algérie, CFDA) and the Algerian Human Rights League (Ligue Algérienne pour la défense des droits de l’Homme, LADDH) – believe that the proposed legislation on associations does not guarantee the rights of...
Analysis of Amendments Initiated to be Introduced into the Legislation of the Republic of Belarus
The Assembly of Pro-Democracy NGOs, the Republican Human Rights Public Association "Belarusian Helsinki Committee," the Human Rights Center Viasna, and the Legal Transformation Center have drafted an analysis of legislation in Belarus.
To read the analysis, go to: http://www.wmd.org/...
South Africa’s Supreme Court Decision - Potential Threats to Freedom of Assembly
To read the decision, go to: http://www.justice.gov.za/sca/judgments/sca_2011/sca2011-152.pdf
Thailand / Freedom of expression: UN expert recommends amendment of lèse majesté laws
Recommendation on the opinion of the Expert Council on NGO Law on the amendments in 2009 to the NGO Law in Azerbaijan and their application
CONF/PLE(2011) REC4
UN Expert: Cambodia's Draft Law on NGOs Deserves Further Review
New York, Sep 28 2011 - An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the Cambodian Government to carefully review a draft law that may hamper the work of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Southeast Asian nation.
