A/HRC/50/23
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
10 May 2022
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fiftieth session
13 June–8 July 2022
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Access to resources
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful
assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule*
Summary
In the present report, submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council
resolution 41/12, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly
and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, addresses the trends, developments and
challenges threatening civil society’s access to financial resources, including laws,
policies and practices that impede such access. Freedom of association protects the right
of civil society organizations to access the funding necessary to carry out their work.
Associations’ access to funding is essential not only to the existence of the association
itself, but also to the realization of other human rights, to the achievement of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development and to COVID-19 resilience and recovery plans.
Drawing on international law and the input of States and civil society, the Special
Rapporteur provides recommendations to States and other key stakeholders so they can
better respect and ensure the right of associations to seek, receive and use financial
resources.
* Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to
circumstances beyond the submitter’s control.
GE.22-06889(E)