In December 2006, the State Department launched an initiative to support the work of human rights defenders throughout the globe. Part of the initiative was the “Guiding Principles on Non-Governmental Organizations” (Principles), intended to guide the U.S. government’s treatment of nonprofits and to assess the actions of other governments. However, there are glaring discrepancies between these Principles and the counterterrorism laws and policies applied to U.S. nonprofits by the federal government.
This chart compares U.S. values against U.S. practice.