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.
A vibrant and robust civic space is essential to open government. While we mark 10 years since OGP’s founding this year, we’re also facing 15 years of a steady decline in civil liberties, including in some OGP countries. In recent…
A look at global progress and member-level examples of civic space work in OGP
Fatou Jagne Senghore is the Director for Article 19, West Africa. As the open government community observed Open Gov Week and World Press Freedom Day this month, Fatou reflects on...
Fatou Senghore es la directora de Artículo 19 para el oeste de África. La comunidad de gobierno abierto celebró la semana del gobierno abierto y el día mundial de la libertad de prensa este mes y, en ese contexto, Fatou nos presenta sus reflexiones sobre...
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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Enhancing and protecting civic space is vital to achieving OGP’s bold goals of accelerating economic recovery, tackling systemic inequalities, and…
2021, , 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
There can be no doubt that we are witnessing a global trend that devalues and restricts the role civil society…
2015, , Web Page
Space, both physical and intellectual, for people to think, speak, and act freely is shrinking around the world. Today, only…
2018, Perspective, Web Page
2010, 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
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
A look at global progress and member-level examples of civic space work in OGP
2021, Document, PDF
A vibrant and robust civic space is essential to open government. While we mark 10 years since OGP’s founding this year, we’re also facing 15 years of a steady decline in civil liberties, including in some OGP countries. In recent…
Fatou Jagne Senghore is the Director for Article 19, West Africa. As the open government community observed Open Gov Week and World Press Freedom Day this month, Fatou reflects on...
Fatou Senghore es la directora de Artículo 19 para el oeste de África. La comunidad de gobierno abierto celebró la semana del gobierno abierto y el día mundial de la libertad de prensa este mes y, en ese contexto, Fatou nos presenta sus reflexiones sobre...
There is a major opportunity in 2021 to advance civic space reforms in OGP that go to the heart of some of the democratic backsliding the world has seen in recent years, and to showcase them at the 10th anniversary Global Summit in December of 2021.
En 2021, tenemos la gran oportunidad de impulsar las reformas del espacio cívico como parte del proceso de OGP y así atender la caída democrática que el mundo ha registrado en los últimos años. Podemos exponer estas reformas durante la Cumbre Global de OGP en diciembre de 2021.
OGP turns ten in 2021. With more than 4,500 commitments made to date, we have much to celebrate. We are launching Open Renewal in our anniversary year in order to look forward and build on the lessons and accomplishments of the past.
Sanjay Pradhan es director ejecutivo de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP por sus siglas en inglés). María Barón es la directora ejecutiva de Directorio Legislativo y copresidenta del Comité Directivo de la sociedad civil de OGP, junto con…
Enhancing and protecting civic space is vital to achieving OGP’s bold goals of accelerating economic recovery, tackling systemic inequalities, and building resilient and citizen-centered democracies.
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