ICCSL is a unique international organization. Because its principals have been active in the field since its inception, ICCSL is an unparalleled legal resource for global civil society. Using civil society law as a model, ICCSL seeks to protect human freedoms by assisting the improvement of the legal and policy environment affecting the freedoms of belief, expression, association, assembly, information, and citizen participation. It operates both on its own and with various partners, such as universities, associations of civil society organizations, individuals, governments, and individual CSOs, and foundations.