CIVICUS is an international non-profit organisation, which describes itself as "a global alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society around the world.
[2] In 1991, an international group of 20 leaders from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and social movements met to explore how to support citizen participation in governmental decision-making processes.
[4] In an open letter of 25 July 2022 addressed to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, CIVICUS sought the UN chief's intervention to protect human rights in Nicaragua.
The letter raised concerns over the continuous attacks on civil society organisations by President Daniel Ortega's regime and his Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) party.
Previous secretaries general of the organisation also include Miklos Marschall (Hungary), Kumi Naidoo (South Africa) and Ingrid Srinath (India).