Comparative study of enabling environments for associations and businesses 2015, para. 8
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At first glance, businesses and associations may seem strange bedfellows for comparison. They are both non-State actors but, in the mind of the public and policymakers, the two entities appear to warrant different rules and treatment. The basis for such treatment boils down to one dividing point: one exists to make a profit; the other is a non-profit body.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
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Special Procedures' report
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Governance & Rule of Law
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2015
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/266, para. 8.