Comparative study of enabling environments for associations and businesses 2015, para. 69
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India, for example, has long had a reputation of being hostile towards foreign investment in its business sector, but is now encouraging foreign investment in several sectors. Yet the country's Foreign Contribution Regulation Act requires civil society organizations receiving funds from "foreign sources" to receive prior permission or to register under the Act, establishing a de facto permission process for foreign donations.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
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N.A.
Year
2015
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/266, para. 69.