This project represents a collaborative effort to understand the complexities and nuances of child begging in multiple contexts around the world. It was initiated by El Pozo de Vida, A.C. in conjunction with TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s legal pro bono programme, in order to widen the understanding of how child begging can be handled legally, identify best practices, and ultimately to serve as a guide for legal reforms and political action to address the phenomenon in Mexico.

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Este proyecto representa un esfuerzo colaborativo para comprender las complejidades y matices de la mendicidad infantil en múltiples contextos alrededor del mundo. Fue iniciado por El Pozo de Vida, A.C. en conjunto con TrustLaw, el programa global de pro bono legal de la Fundación Thomson Reuters con el fin de ampliar la comprensión de cómo la mendicidad infantil se puede manejar legalmente, identificar las mejores prácticas y servir como guía para las reformas legales y la acción política para abordar el fenómeno en México.

October 2020: In collaboration with the Associação Brasileira de Captadores de Recursos and Koury Lopes Advogados (KLA), TrustLaw has published this guide on the new Brazilian “General Data Protection Law and Fundraising – Questions and Answers”, which analyzes the main changes to the law and answers several questions related to how the new law impacts fundraising.

Digital rights are a new frontier of human rights. The Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) raises awareness of the impact of technology on people and society. Through its global pro bono legal service, TrustLaw, TRF provides vital tools and resources to environmental, humanitarian and social organizations, including guidance on navigating the often uncharted and challenging territory of data regulation and legislation.
In August 2018, Brazil passed a General Data Protection Regulation, lei Nº 13.709, which became effective in September 2020. This new law impacts the work of civil society organizations in Brazil, who are in need of guidance as to how the law affects them, their fundraising strategies and their communications with donors.

We hope this publication becomes a valuable tool to support civil society organizations in Brazil to navigate the new data protection law and to empower them to act with confidence when dealing with personal data so that they can ultimately achieve their fundraising goals and become financially sustainable.

TrustLaw and the Tent Partnership for Refugees thank Jones Day, Latham & Watkins LLP, Ozalp Law Firm, and Winston & Strawn LLP for donating their time and expertise to the report Refugee Entrepreneurship, Business Ownership, and the Right to Work in Host Communities: A Legal Comparative Analysis.

The report provides an overview of refugee’s right to work, right to own and right to operate businesses in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Pakistan, Turkey, and Uganda. The executive summary also provides a comparative chart outlining the existence (or lack thereof) of national refugee laws, signatory status to the 1951 Refugee Convention and the amending 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, and other relevant areas of comparison in the eight countries discussed in the report.

Save where otherwise indicated, the contents of the report reflect the position as at September 2019. The report does not incorporate the effects, if any, of events and circumstances which may have occurred subsequent to September 2019.
Sattar&Co (Bangladesh), Akhund Forbes Hadi (Pakistan), BYA Law Office (Ethiopia), Anjarwalla & Khanna (Kenya), and MMAKS Advocates (Uganda) also contributed to the country reports included in the report.

We hope that this report will mark an important step toward better economic opportunities for refugees, whose skills and passion add immense value to their host countries.

Understanding the legal mechanisms available for migrants and asylum seekers in American countries is of paramount importance, given Venezuela’s current migration and refugee crisis and the recent border restrictions implemented due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 
TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono service, connected Un Mundo Sin Mordaza with law firms in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and the United States to develop research on the general laws governing migration and asylum. The report specifically addressed the legal provisions in place for Venezuelan citizens to migrate or seek asylum in these host countries.

This report is a valuable tool that contains a comparative overview of the legal requirements and procedures migrants and asylum seekers should follow to legally stay in the country of reception or regularize their situation. It also mentions the current restrictions implemented in the different countries due to the pandemic. We thank the valuable contributions made by Robalino Abogados; Foley Hoag LLP; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; Morales, Besa y Cía Ltda; Philippi Prietocarrioza Ferrero DU & Uría; and Richards, Cardinal, Tutzer, Zabala & Zaefferer to this project. 
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Debido a la actual crisis de refugiados y migrantes que atraviesa Venezuela y las recientes restricciones en el cruce de fronteras implementadas por la propagación del COVID-19, es de vital importancia conocer los mecanismos legales disponibles para los migrantes y solicitantes de asilo en América.

TrustLaw, el servicio de asistencia legal pro bono de la Fundación Thomson Reuters, ha conectado a Un Mundo Sin Mordaza con firmas legales en Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador y los Estados Unidos con el fin de desarrollar una investigación legal sobre normativa general aplicable a los casos de asilo y migración. El informe particularmente aborda las regulaciones vigentes que resultan de aplicación para los ciudadanos venezolanos que migran o buscan asilo en los países de recepción.

Esta guía es una herramienta valiosa que contiene un resumen de derecho comparado donde se presentan los requisitos y procedimientos legales que los migrantes y solicitantes de asilo deben seguir para poder permanecer de manera legal en el país de recepción o para regularizar su situación. Asimismo, menciona las recientes restricciones implementadas en los distintos países por motivo de la pandemia. Agradecemos los valiosos aportes de Robalino Abogados; Foley Hoag LLP; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; Morales, Besa y Cía Ltda; Philippi Prietocarrioza Ferrero DU & Uría; y Richards, Cardinal, Tutzer, Zabala & Zaefferer a este proyecto.

For so many generations indigenous communities have been unaware of the legal mechanisms they can use to demand the recognition and protection of their rights, especially their biocultural property, which refers to the knowledge and practices of indigenous people and their biological resources, from the genetic varieties of crops and medicine they develop to the crafts they design.

Through TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono service, Fundación Nativo analyzed the legal protections available in Australia, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, the United States and Venezuela, thanks to the contributions made by Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; LegalVision; DPLAW – Pontes, Pinto & Pignaneli Advogados Associados; Ferre Abogados; McCarthy Tétrault LLP¸ Baker & McKenzie LLP; Hogan Lovells; Herbert Smith Freehills and Lega Abogados.

This report contains a comparative overview of the legislation on the protection of biocultural property in these countries and seeks to raise awareness as well as inform indigenous leaders about the ways in which they can protect the biocultural property of their communities and provide information and inspiration to organize themselves and advocate for new legislation that specifically protects these rights.