Strasbourg 17 January 2019 / coe.int

The Expert Council on NGO Law of the Conference of INGOs published a Compendium of opinions adopted by the expert Council on NGO Law.

This document provides a compilation of extracts taken from opinions adopted by the Expert Council with respect to various issues of compliance by proposed and adopted legislation with European and international standards relating to non-governmental organisations. The extracts are systematized by reference to the different themes addressed in the opinions so as to give an overall picture of the problems identified and the requirements applicable to them. The extracts selected aim to identify issues of more general application but, as each opinion referred to concerns the legislation of a particular member State of the Council of Europe, the specific context of that member State always needs to be kept in mind.