Comparative study of enabling environments for associations and businesses 2015, para. 59
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States impose a variety of other control and oversight mechanisms which disproportionately target associations. Surveillance of civil society has been a significant issue in recent years, with examples including police infiltration (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), heightened scrutiny of activists (Canada) and surveillance of NGOs and social movements (Brazil).
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Year
2015
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/266, para. 59.