Publications

HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

2019-2023

Rights Reversed: A downward shift in civic space

Historical report looks at seven key trends from 2019 to 2023:

  1. Rise in the closure of civic space worldwide
  2. Repression in Africa south of the Sahara and MENA
  3. Civic space challenges in Europe
  4. Detentions and arrests of protesters
  5. COVID-19 pandemic and civic space
  6. Prosecution of activists
  7. Restrictive laws to silence dissent

ANNUAL DATA & RATINGS REPORTS

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

THEMATIC REPORTS

LGBTQI+ Rights & Civic Space in Africa (2023)
Global Assessment on Protest Rights (2022)
Defenders of our Planet (2021)
Activism & Aids (2020)

COVID-19 & CIVIC SPACE

Freedom of Peaceful Assembly During the Pandemic (2021)
Freedom of Expression During the Pandemic (2021)
2nd Brief: Civic Freedoms during the Pandemic (2020)
1st Brief: Civic Freedoms during the Pandemic (2020)

COUNTRY REPORTS

Sri Lanka (2023)
Ghana (2023)
Myanmar (2023)
Chile (2022)
USA (2022)
Latvia (2022)
Morocco (2022)
Uzbekistan (2022)
Sudan (2022)
Philippines 2022
Palestine (2022)
Cambodia (2022)
Belarus (2022)
South Sudan (2022)
Afghanistan (2022)
Kenya (2022)
Hong Kong (2022)
Hungary (2022)
Slovenia (2022)
Myanmar (2022)
Philippines (2021)
Hong Kong (2021)