Around the world, there is an outbreak of vague, repressive, and overreaching legislation that represents a serious threat to civil society’s operations and influence.
May 21, 2018 From The International Consortium on Closing Civic Space In late April 2018, 68 institutional investor groups that participate in the Investor Alliance for Human Rights called on companies to make commitments to protect human rights defenders, and, specifically, to take immediate action to help protect defenders currently at risk in...
May 16, 2018 From The International Consortium on Closing Civic Space Africa is experiencing a sustained period of economic growth, cemented by democratic values and practices that are quickly becoming assimilated within governing and civic institutions.
As the policies of post-Brexit Britain have yet to be written, there is a great opportuniry for the United States and United Kingdom to further harmonize digital trade standards.
Global powers are competing to shape the new economy and the future of digital trade. In recent years, three groups have emerged: liberalizers, regulators, and mercantilists.
The most popular mobile messaging apps incorporate unrecoverable, end-to-end encryption that make it more challenging for law enforcement to collect critical digital evidence.
After the significant strides forward made by civil society in the 1980s and 1990s, the world faces insidious threats to civic space, and has seen a significant erosion of civil and political freedoms. Governments across the globe have used various tools and strategies to...
Data localization, the mandate that data of a country’s citizens be stored within the borders of that country, is a thorny issue dividing policymakers across the globe, including in the United States and United Kingdom.
The United States and United Kingdom have been at the forefront of the FinTech industry, spawning hundreds of companies that help consumers and companies borrow, raise capital, lend, get insured, and pay online.
Italian voters loudly voiced their discontent on March 4, propelling populist and far-right forces to the top of the polls. Inconclusive electrion results mean the country now faces weeks of negotiations.
