A multi-stakeholder dialogue process to address the #derisking of #NPOs has been initiated by Coalition partner Spaces for Change in #Nigeria .
Read more here: fatfplatform.org/news/nigeria/

Coalition members from Human Security Collective, ECNL, and Charity & Security Network spoke on a panel that addressed the unintended consequences of misapplication of the FATF standards, with colleagues from the World Bank and HSBC. We questioned whether consequences are truly unintended.

Had a great time at the FATF Private Sector Consultative Forum at UN Office on Drugs & Crime HQ in lovely #Vienna . Couldn’t be more proud of how our NPOCoalition on FATF showed up, and continued highlighting how #AML /CFT recommendations impede #civilsociety .

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#Nonprofits in #Argentina are no longer to be classed as obliged entities. Big win for all our partners and their sustained advocacy on this through the years.

argentina.gob.ar/noticias/se-ap…

Gabriela Pellón Miguel de la Vega

Nonprofits still get tangled in the Financial Action Task Force’s ( #FATF ) strictures intended to stop #TerrorismFinancing .

Time for a course correction, say @hscollective’s Lia van Broekhoven, Sangeeta Goswami & Thalia Malmberg, w/ Floor Knoote:
justsecurity.org/92828/rethinki…

Thank you so much to the NPO Coalition NPOCoalition on FATF for your words and support! It was truly a pleasure collaborating with you in the past and I am looking forward to making meaningful strides together! FATF

Congratulations Elisa de Anda from all of the Coalition. We cannot think of a better person for the job! Looking forward to working closely with you during your tenure to mitigate the unintended consequences of the FATF framework on civil society worldwide.

As the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) delegation is all set to visit India, read our report on how Indian authorities are weaponizing counterterrorism and money laundering laws to target civil society organizations and human rights defenders.
amnesty.org/en/documents/a…

Ahead of #India 's #FATF Mutual Evaluation onsite visit, here is a series of reports complied by civil society, including a shadow Risk Assessment of the NPO sector, and India's use of the Electoral Bond Scheme (and the attendant risk of money laundering).
fatfplatform.org/news/india-rep…

#FATF Recommendation 8 on #NPOs has been revised as has the guidance paper on its implementation. Revisions clarify the risk-based approach, acknowledge sectoral self-regulation measures, and make clear that #NPOs should not be obliged entities.
mailchi.mp/2c59b78bdf47/f…

I can't recommend this statement by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin enough.

At my Press Conference in New York yesterday I address the evisceration of civil society across the globe due to the ongoing misuse of counter-terrorism measures. We are not safer or more secure when we target civil society. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

NEW: The Indian government has exploited the 2010 and 2013 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) assessment reports to weaponise its financial and counter-terrorism laws and target civil society groups and activists. Read our new briefing: amnesty.org/en/latest/news…