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The Global NPO Coalition on FATF is a loose network of diverse nonprofit organizations (NPOs). The Coalition advocates for improvement in the quality and effectiveness of FATF Mutual Evaluations with sustained outreach to the NPO sector, and the effective, risk-based implementation of FATF Recommendations affecting NPOs, particularly Recommendation 8 (R8). The aim is to mitigate the unintended consequences of countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) policies on civil society in order that leg…

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Raising awareness
Gathering evidence and information
Conducting relevant outreach
Engaging in the Risk Assessment
Engaging in the Mutual Evaluation process
Mutual monitoring

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UNSR Report on Impact of CT ‘Soft Law’ Instruments - The impact of the proliferation of ‘soft law’ instruments and related standard-setting initiatives and processes in the counter-terrorism context on the promotion and protection of human rights at the g

Context

The operational squeeze that NPOs face in their day-to-day functioning can be traced back to the global counterterrorism architecture, which has seen steady consolidation since the fateful events of 9/11. The United Nations (UN), through its Resolutions and sanctions regimes, provides the overarching counterterrorism structure. The task of countering the financing of terrorism has primarily fallen, however, to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – a body set up in 1989 by the G7 primarily to…

FATF & NPOs

Recommendation 8
Of the 40 FATF Recommendations, Recommendation 8 on NPOs specifies a broad requirement to regulate the nonprofit sector as a whole for greater transparency and accountability. Money flows in and through NPOs are seen in the FATF standards as a potential source for the financing of terrorism. Governments are required to protect the NPO sector from becoming abused or misused for financial crime purposes through the implementation of a regulatory regime that adequately and effectiv…

FATF Explained

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the recognized global standard setter, seeking to combat money laundering, terrorism financing and other threats to the international financial system. It is both a policymaking and an enforcement body. Almost all countries across the world endorse its 40 Recommendations ('the standards'). The FATF assumes that if countries effectively implement their standards, financial systems and the broader economy will be protected from the threats of mon…

Issues

Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) around the world have faced operational and legal restrictions due to counter-terrorism regulations. For example, banks have blocked or closed accounts of organizations working in conflict zones; laws have been enacted to restrict foreign funding or to introduce burdensome governance and audit requirements; human rights defenders have been prosecuted; and the right to protest has been limited. This has had a negative effect on NPOs’ abilities to implement activitie…