The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of multilateral institutions 2014, para. 12
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Decision-making at the multilateral level appears to take a similar trajectory, where the private sector is playing an increasingly dominant role in implementing the global development agenda, compared to civil society involvement. The for-profit sector has a variety of avenues to impact the post-2015 development agenda. For example, corporate interests are represented and have been active in multiple forums that have an influence on the post-2015 agenda processes such as the High-Level Panel established by the Secretary-General, the United Nations Global Compact and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Indeed, the Economic and Social Council accreditation criteria for NGOs allow business organizations to participate as "civil society" despite the fact that they typically represent for-profit interests. The inequality in avenues available to corporate interests versus non-profit interests creates a power imbalance influencing global governance and its outcomes that favours for-profit interests.
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
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Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
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Governance & Rule of Law
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N.A.
Year
2014
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2014), A/69/365, para. 12.