Peaceful assembly is essential to healthy and effective democratic institutions. OGP members are sharing best practices and experiences to protect this fundamental human right.
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Peaceful assembly is the right to express, promote, pursue, and defend common interests collectively without fear of retribution – in public or private, both online and off. Forming a committed bloc of voices and acting as a group endows citizens with recognizable power.
Around half of OGP countries perform consistently well on freedom of assembly according to independent indicators. At the same time, half of all OGP governments have challenges to freedom, including restrictions affecting demonstrations and protests and the excessive use of force. Those who face challenges are the least likely to have reforms in place. In fact, only five percent of civic space commitments involve freedom of assembly.
OGP is working to learn from the experiences of countries performing well on freedom of assembly so that best practices can be shared, innovation increased, and leadership showcased.
OGP’s ability to bring together government leaders and civil society advocates offers a pathway forward to address this critical issue.
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As civic freedoms continue to decline globally, protecting and expanding civic space is a bigger focus now than ever before for members of Open Government Partnership (OGP).
Find more recommendations of actions to protect and enhance civic space here.
The data below is drawn from the 2019 OGP Global Report. You can view and learn more about the report here.
These are members making OGP commitments to improve their performance in the respective policy area. As members that have demonstrated political commitment through OGP, the next step is ensuring that implemented commitments have maximal impact.
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As civic freedoms continue to decline globally, protecting and expanding civic space is a bigger focus now than ever before…
2023, Document, PDF
ICNL shares examples of reforms that policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels have proposed and enacted to better…
2022, Outbound Link, Web Page
Enhancing and protecting civic space is vital to achieving OGP’s bold goals of accelerating economic recovery, tackling systemic inequalities, and…
2021, , Web Page
CIVICUS shares the status of civic freedoms in 196 countries, highlights regional trends and gives recommendations for enhancing civic space.
2020, Outbound Link, Web Page
In CIVICUS' flagship annual publication find hundreds of pages of insight into the key trends affecting civil society organisations (CSOs)…
2019, Outbound Link, Web Page
Find examples of approaches, tools, and strategies from existing cross-disciplinary literature on the transparency, accountability, and civic participation space.
2019, Outbound Link, Web Page
Peaceful assembly is a bedrock of democratic institutions. It allows people to bring attention to issues, demand change, and get…
2019, Document, PDF
2018, Perspective, Web Page
There can be no doubt that we are witnessing a global trend that devalues and restricts the role civil society…
2015, , Web Page
2010, Outbound Link, Web Page
Open civic space is foundational to open government. This guide provides some strategies and resources for civil society actors and their allies on what can be done to remain safe and to defend civic space when it comes under attack.
Discover initiatives submitted to the Open Gov Challenge by OGP members and beyond, through OGP action plans or as standalone commitments.
Disinformation, online gender-based violence (GBV), and hate speech greatly impact online civic space and democratic processes. Governments should take steps to promote healthy and safe information ecosystems online while also protecting the exercise of online civic freedoms.
Access to an open and free internet is integral to individuals’ and organizations’ ability to exercise fundamental freedoms online, and to benefit from, and contribute to, digital open government initiatives.
Meet Sarah Wesonga, Program Officer for Transparency and Access to Information at ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa.
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