A human rights, democracy, and good governance organization with a goal to sustain human development for poverty alleviation. We were participants at the September 2015 Forum on Freedom of Assembly organized by the World Movement in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. I am the Secretary General of our organization, and an Associate of the Council for a…
Burundi Citizen Synergy for Peace and the Rule of Law is an organization that was created after almost all the organizations working in Burundi were banned. It is a coalition of banned organizations that came together from the countries the sought protection, in order to advocate for Burundi.
The International Center for Not-for-Profit-Law (ICNL), an organization that supports the legal environment of civil society around the world, released their annual 2015-2016 report entitled “Protecting Civic Freedom.” In the report, ICNL highlights their efforts to defend civil society organizations’ (CSOs) right to access resources through policy recommendations produced by the inter-governmental group, Financial Action…
A new interactive “Democracy Resource Hub” was recently launched to introduce today’s different forms of digital democracy. The Resource Hub posits that digital democracy is “the future of democratic governance” and an effective asset for traditional structures to utilize. Chronicling theoretical developments of digital democracy, the Hub highlights prominent men and women that have engineered…