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Recommendation 2086 (2016)
How can inappropriate restrictions on NGO activities in Europe be prevented?
1. Referring to its Resolution 2096 (2016) “How
can inappropriate restrictions on NGO activities in Europe be prevented?”,
the Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers:
1.1. call on member States of the
Council of Europe to implement its Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)14
on the legal status of non-governmental organisations in Europe
and prepare a study taking stock of progress made;
1.2. consider revising Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)14 in order
to adapt it to new threats to the functioning of independent civil
society;
1.3. continue its thematic debate on the role and functioning
of NGOs in the Council of Europe in order to follow, on a regular
basis, the state of civil society and of the freedoms of association,
assembly and expression in the member States;
1.4. increase the number of exchanges of views with civil society
representatives and provide a fixed framework for such a dialogue;
1.5. consider creating a platform for the exchange of experience
and good practices in the area of freedom of association between
the member States.