Comparative study of enabling environments for associations and businesses 2015, para. 25
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Individuals involved in unregistered associations should be free to carry out any activity and should not be subject to criminal sanctions. In this regard, the Special Rapporteur cites as best practice the laws in a number of States, including Australia, France, Indonesia, Namibia, Norway and Switzerland, which explicitly allow for the existence of unregistered associations.
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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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Year
2015
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/266, para. 25.