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The Human Rights Council in the just concluded 24th session adopted a resolution on civil society space.

Government suppression of civil society risks leaving millions of people behind and impoverished.

Douglas Rutzen, President of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law spoke at a High Level Event on Supporting Civil Society hosted by President Barack Obama. The event was held on the margins of the 68th United Nations General Assembly in NY.

The policy for cooperation between public authorities and NGOs was ratified by the Kurdistan Region Parliament in June 2013 and signed by NGOs on September 4, 2013 .

ECNL's experts, Hanna Asipovich and Eszter Hartay, talk to IPN News Agency on enabling legal environment and long-term sustainability of CSOs in Moldova.

ECNL's expertise, which contributed to the recent ratification of the first partnership policy in the MENA region (Compact of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq), is much in demand.

USAID has released its Europe and Eurasia CSO Sustainability Index for 2012.

The European Court of Human Rights stood up against racism and hatred when it ruled on the dissolution of an association under Article 11 of the Convention.

The Monitoring Report examines the state of civil society in light of the developments in 2012 and presents recommendations on the legal framework, institutional capacity, international relations and research aspects of civil society.