The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of multilateral institutions 2014, para. 22
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- Most multilateral institutions recognize that citizens must be given a seat at the decision-making table and encourage - or even require - engagement with civil society in their charters or policies. Article 71 of the Charter of the United Nations, for example, states that the Economic and Social Council "may make suitable arrangements for consultation with non-governmental organizations which are concerned with matters within its competence". Other examples include the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Community of Democracies and the World Bank (which at the time of writing was drafting a citizen engagement strategy). A more restrictive process is in place under the United Nations Convention against Corruption, prohibiting civil society from participating in the Implementation Review Group and working groups. Civil society is involved in a civil society "Briefing Day", but is prohibited from mentioning any "specific country situation". Moreover, although civil society's participation is praised in article 13 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (General Assembly resolution 58/4, annex), the terms of reference of the Mechanism for the Review of Implementation of the Convention make it optional for States parties under review to include civil society organization in different stages of the review process.
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- All
- N.A.
- Année
- 2014
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2014), A/69/365, para. 22.
- Paragraph number
- 22
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