Regional frameworks and resources
With a focus on Asia and the Pacific, this list focuses on regional and national frameworks which are a vital entry point for advancing the issues related to civic space.

Regional and sub-regional resources on civic space

• FORUM-Asia (2017). Defending in Numbers – Silencing the Voices of Asia 2015-2016. Bangkok, Thailand
• FORUM-Asia and Regional Initiative for a South Asian Human Rights Mechanism (2017). Understanding Regional Human Rights Mechanisms & The Need For A South Asian Human Rights Mechanism. Bangkok, Thailand
• UN Development Programme (2016). Young advocates join UN agencies to make ‘Case for Space’ in Asia-Pacific. Bangkok, Thailand.
• Youth Lead (2016). In the Future: Stories of Adolescents from Key Populations in Three Countries: China, Thailand, and the Philippines
• ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (2015). Guidelines on the AICHR’s Relations with Civil Society Organizations. Jakarta, Indonesia.
• FORUM-Asia (2015). Defending in Numbers – Mounting Echoes of Muffled Dissent 2013- 2014. Bangkok, Thailand
• Transparency International (2014). Asia Pacific Chapters call for civic space protection and eligibility criteria. Bali, Indonesia
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (2012). ASEAN Human Rights Declaration. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (2012). ASEAN Guidelines on Accreditation of Civil Society Organizations. Jakarta, Indonesia.
• UN Development Programme (2011). A Capacity Assessment of CSOs in the Pacific region. Suva, Fiji.
• Youthpolicy.org (2010). Youth Development through Civic Engagement in South Asia. London, UK
• Commonwealth Foundation (2010). Civil Society Accountability, Principles and Practice: A toolkit for CSOs in the Pacific region. London, UK
• International Dalit Solidarity Network (2009). The Ambedkar Principles: Principles and Guidelines to Address Caste Discrimination in the Private Sector, for South Asia. Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Asian Human Rights Commission; Asian Legal Resource Centre, other NGOs (1998). Asian Human Rights Charter. Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Asian State Representatives (1993). Bangkok Declaration (adopted position on human rights at the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights. Bangkok, Thailand.
• OGP Asia Pacific Civil Society Network (website)
• Asian Centre for Human Rights (website)
• Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (website)
• ​Asia-Pacific Model United Nations (website)