Comparative study of enabling environments for associations and businesses 2015, para. 23
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- As a starting point, the Special Rapporteur underscores that the right to freedom of association equally protects associations that are not registered, which means that associations should never be required to register. Allowing unregistered associations is fundamental to a good enabling environment for civil society. An association is simply a group of like-minded people who come together to pursue a common interest. A democratic State has no inherent interest in regulating this type of private activity in and of itself. Since associations cannot be presumed to be unlawful any more than businesses can, States should use ordinary civil or criminal law to address associational activity unlawful under international law, to the same extent they do for unlawful business activity.
- 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)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/266, para. 23.
- Paragraph number
- 23
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