Between January and December 2015, open sources reported 29 times on administrative decisions by states (26) or non-state actors (3) that affected aid agencies’ abilities to deliver aid. Seven reports referred to newly introduced bills, laws or regulations and 22 described specific measures using existing laws or regulations that affected the work of humanitarian organisations or their local partners.
New laws, bills or administrative regulations, which observers fear may be used to obstruct the work of INGO’s or their partner agencies, were introduced or passed into the legislative process by state bodies in Pakistan (4), Kazakhstan, South Sudan and Uganda (1 each) during 2015.
In three cases, rebel officials from Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic took administrative decisions refusing the accreditation of NGOs.