The ruling party will promote a bill to limit civil society access to international funding
Venezuela Impact | Negative Probability | High Civicus Rating | Repressed The publication in early March of the Legislative Plan of the National Assembly for 2021 heralded the reappearance of a long-circulating bill in the national government: the regulation and control of access to international funding by domestic civil society organizations. Already in 2006, 2010 […]
Control of the Internet and social networks, among the priorities of the National Assembly for 2021
Venezuela Impact | Negative Probability | High Civicus Rating | Repressed At the beginning of March, the new National Assembly of Venezuela approved the Legislative Plan for 2021 which includes a list of more than 30 bills to be discussed throughout the year. Within this framework, civil society figures pointed out with concern that the […]
Access to public information in Latin America: the four challenges deepened by the pandemic
Latin America Since the start of the pandemic, CSG has picked up on a steady growth in the region of regulatory practices curtailing the right of access to public information. How is this trend playing out? Here we discuss four issues helpful to understanding the challenges faced by civil society in this area. Loss of […]
Social organizations launch campaign for the amendment of a law limiting the right to protest
Uruguay Impact | Positive CIVICUS Rating | Open On December 30, opposition parties and 27 civil society organizations launched a national campaign to collect signatures in support of a referendum on 133 of the 476 articles of the Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC) sanctioned in July 2020 which campaign organizers have decried as ‘power grabbing […]
President makes effective law allowing for life imprisonment in “hate crimes” cases
Nicaragua Impact | Negative CIVICUS Rating | Repressed On January 19, the National Assembly hastily approved a constitutional reform setting a penalty of up to 30 years imprisonment for those convicted of serious crimes in “circumstances of cruel, degrading, humiliating and inhuman hatred” causing public outrage, repudiation or anger across the country. President Daniel Ortega […]
President proposes eliminating national agency for access to public information
México Impact | Negative Probability | Medium CIVICUS Rating | Repressed On January 7, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that plans are afoot to eliminate a selection of decentralized and autonomous agencies regarded as inefficient and costly. Among them is the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI), […]
International organizations demand Venezuelan authorities end attacks on civil society
Venezuela Impact | Negative CIVICUS Rating | Repressed In a January 14 statement signed by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Washington Office for Latin American Affairs, Conectas and the International Commission of Jurists, the government of Nicolás Maduro is singled out for promoting ‘stigmatization campaigns’ against the media. This comes after several media outlets […]
Opposition deputies propose auditing of companies with State participation
Salvador Impact | Positive CIVICUS Rating | Obstructed The Economy Committee of the Legislative Assembly has begun to study a bill promoted by the opposition that aims for companies and corporations with state ownership to be audited and monitored every year by the Court of Accounts (CCR, in Spanish). These entities, currently operating with limited […]
The government publishes a protocol to restrict the use of force in social protests
Colombia Impact | Positive CIVICUS Rating | Repressed On January 5, the National Government approved by decree a set of guidelines for the use of public force in social demonstrations in order to guarantee citizens’ right to peaceful protest and assembly. After its publication, a group of Colombian civil society organizations published a statement outlining […]
Organizaciones sociales lanzan una campaña para exigir la eliminación de artículos de la Ley de Urgente Consideración que limitan el derecho a protesta
Uruguay Impacto | Positivo Rating CIVICUS | Abierto El 30 de diciembre, partidos de la oposición y 27 organizaciones de la sociedad civil lanzaron una campaña nacional de recolección de firmas para someter a referéndum 133 de los 476 artículos de la Ley de Urgente Consideración (LUC) sancionada en julio del 2020. De acuerdo a […]