ARGA Establishes the International Security of Governance Council

The ASYLUM RESEARCH & GLOBAL ASSISTANCE Association (ARGA) has adopted the Founding Resolution and Order on the Establishment of the International Security of Governance Council (ISGC), effective 21 July 2026. The Resolution creates the Council as an expert initiative of ARGA, with its own governing instruments, membership, and working procedures.

The Council's purpose is to identify, analyse, and counter lawfare, judicial abuse, and the strategic misuse of legal systems for political or economic coercion. Its mandate extends to the continuous monitoring of judicial independence, extradition proceedings, and politically motivated prosecutions, with particular attention to transitional states, and to the development of international standards for the protection of governance security.

The ISGC does not operate in isolation. It forms part of the wider ARGA ecosystem, working alongside the ARGA Observatory, which conducts continuous monitoring of governance and rights conditions, and the ARGA Atlas platform, which maps governance security data across jurisdictions. Where the Observatory and Atlas provide ongoing empirical monitoring, the Council provides the expert deliberative function: adopting conclusions, preparing analytical notes submitted to national and international bodies, and setting standards on the basis of that evidence.

ARGA itself is registered as a vendor on UNGM (Vendor ID 1232417) — an entry in the vendor register, not an accreditation, endorsement or partnership with UN system organisations. ARGA is a participant in the UN Global Compact (Participant ID 213173). Participation means committing to the Compact's ten principles and to publishing an annual Communication on Progress. It is not an accreditation with the United Nations and does not imply UN endorsement of ARGA's activities. The Council is dedicated specifically to the security of governance structures, a field distinct from ARGA's broader human rights and asylum work.

Further detail on the Council's founding instruments is available in the Legal Framework section. The Council's Secretariat will publish further procedural guidance as the Expert Council is constituted and its initial work programme is adopted.