Comparative study of enabling environments for associations and businesses 2015, para. 71
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The Russian Federation requires associations receiving foreign funds and engaging in vaguely defined "political activity" to register as "foreign agents", which carries the connotation that they are spies. Yet as recently as 2013, one United Nations study ranked the Russian Federation as the world's third most successful country in attracting foreign capital.
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)
Equality & Inclusion
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. 71.