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Afghanistan

Media Law as passed by Wolesi Jirga

Law on Non-Governmental Organizations

Afghanistan NGO Law 2005

Afghanistan NGO Law Amendments

Creating an Enabling Environment for Civil Society in Afghanistan

Arab World

Arab Association for Democracy

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Questionnaire

Bangladesh Questionnaire Final Analysis

Bangladesh Final Report

Bolivia

Bolivia Decree on International Cooperation 2007

Bologna Program

MISP Reader 2010

Cambodia

Briefing Note on CSO Law Issues

Cayman Islands

Discussion Paper - Regulation of Charitable Non-Profit Organisations in the Cayman Islands

2009 Draft of the Carities Bill for a Law to Establish a Commission to Regulate Charities

China

China Civil Society, Charity and Giving Update

Recent Developments in Chinese Law Affecting CSOs/NGOs

1954 Juweihui Regulation

Notice (No. 63 [2009]) of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange

Income tax exemption (122) (English Translation)

Eligibility for tax deductibility of donations (123) (English Translation)

Proposed Trade Associations Law (Chinese)

Xu Zhiyong update August 2009

People's Republic of China Public Welfare Donation Law

International Symposium on Legal Issues for NPOs - December 2007

China human rights NGOs enforcement

Important Developments in China's Legal and Fiscal Framework for the Support of Civil Society

Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on the Policies and Relevant Management Issues concerning the Pre-tax Deduction of Public Welfare Relief Donations

Leon Irish, Jin Dongsheng, and Karla Simon, China's Tax Rules for Not-for-Profit Organizations

Chinese Translation of the OSI Guidelines

1950 SO Translation

Foundation Evaluation Index

Local Min Fei Regulations Proprietor

Local Min Fei Regulations

Local Organizations Regulations Corporation

China's Accounting System of NPOs

Reform of China's Laws for NPOs - A Discussion of Issues Related to Shiye Danwei Reform

Egypt

Egypt Draft Law 2010

Ethiopia

Proclamation for the Registration and Regulation of Charities and Societies

Ethiopia Alternative CSO Proclamation

India

Other Aspects of the Direct Taxs Code for Non-Profit Organizations

BUDGET TO AMEND DEFINITION OF "CHARITABLE PURPOSE"

Policy on the Voluntary Sector

The Foreign Contribution (Management and Control) Bill, 2005

Indian Finance Bill 2006

Iraq

Iraqi NGO Law Draft Approved

CIVICUS Comments on Iraq Draft Law

Israel

Israel Amendments to Tax Ordinance - 2010 ICCSL Comments.pdf

Israel Draft Legislation 16 2 on Foreign Political Entity Funding

Israel Amutot Law

Japan

Documentary Supplement

Legal and Tax Reforms for Koeki Hojin Discussion and Comparative Analysis

Jordan

Law on Societies Jordan 2008

Kenya

Harmonized Draft Constitution November 2009

Laos

Lao PDR Decree Law on Associations

Mongolia

Law on Not-Profit Legal Entities (English)

Mongolian Comments (June 2005)

OSI GUIDELINES FOR LAWS AFFECTING CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS (Mongolian)

NGO Law Forum in Ulaan Bataar / Mongolia Report (January 2006)

Pakistan

Country Notes

Draft Nonprofit Public Benefit Organisations (Governance and Support) Act, 2003

Draft Sindh Nonprofit Organizations (Governance and Support) Ordinance, 2002

Peru

Ley de Creación de la Agencia Peruana de Cooperación Internacional - APCI

Peru Amendments

Philippines

RP Legal Matrix for Civil Society

Palace shelves disputed NGO order

Russia

RussianTranslation of the OSI Guidelines

South Africa

Non Governmental Organisation Bill Zambia

CIVICUS Comments Zambia

Detailed additional Analysis of NGO Bill in Zambia by Mandeep Tiwana

South Africa 2008 Act

CIPRO PowerPoint presentation

NPO Directorate PowerPoint presentation

SARS Tax Exemption Unit (TEU) PowerPoint presentation

National Lotteries Board PowerPoint presentation

Concept Paper

South Asia

Report of the Philanthropy and Law in South Asia Update Workshop, New Delhi, August 2007

Spain

Spanish Translation of the OSI Guidelines

Timor-Leste

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Government Decree on Non-Profit-Making Corporate Bodies

Uganda

Uganda Proposed amendment to Press and Journalist Act - Jan 29 2010

United States of America

Vermont - An Act Relating To Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Law on NPOs 2007

Viet Nam

Vietnam Association Regulation 2010

VNAH Civil Society Development in Vietnam

Report of Study Tour to Japan and Korea, Delegation from the People’s Republic of Viet Nam

Viet Nam Association Decree

VN CIVIL CODE - Part 4 Legal Person-revised

VNAH Report (Feb 15)

Viet Nam Study Tour - VNAH Report

Zanzibar

Zanzibar's NGO Policy

Zimbabwe

Clarification Issued on Suspension Order For NGOS/PVOS

Zimbabwe's draft Non-Governmental Organisations Bill, 2004
International Center for Civil Society Law (ICCSL)

Zimbabwe Private Voluntary Organisations Act 2002


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