As part of our Key Cases Series, CLAANZ will hold a special webinar on the recent controversies and litigation in the United States involving foreign assistance, including suspensions and terminations of USAID as well as other US foreign assistance.

Professor Mark Sidel (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Emeritus Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes (QUT), and Seak-King Huang (Milner + Huang) will discuss:

Policies and methods used by the US government to target civil society organisations working overseas, and the litigation and other responses to that;
Whether Australian government funding for organisations working overseas could be withdrawn using similar methods to those employed by the US government;
Cases including Department of State, et al. v. Aids Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, et al. No. 24A831, Supreme Court of the United States (5 March 2025) and National Council of Nonprofits et al. v. Office of Management and Budget et al., No. 1:25-cv-00239, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (3 February 2025); and
Implications of the suspensions and terminations of USAID and other US government agency foreign assistance for Australian INGOs.

CLAANZ members can register for this webinar for free. If you would like to become a member, please join through our website. If you are unsure of your CLAANZ membership status, please contact us at admin@claanz.org.au