Slovak Republic: Urgent Opinion on the Law Amending Act No. 213/1997 Coll. on Non-Profit Organizations Providing Public Benefit Services and Amending Other Acts (Print 245, Adopted on 16 April 2025)
The main purpose of this Urgent Opinion is to analyze the Law Amending Act No. 213/1997 Coll. on Non-profit Organizations providing Public Benefit Services and Amending Other Acts (print 245), initially registered in March 2024, as adopted on 16 April 2025 (hereinafter “the Law”). The Urgent Opinion provides an overview of the key human rights concerns raised from the perspective of international human rights standards and OSCE human dimension commitments, primarily the rights to freedom of association and freedom of expression, but also other rights, including to respect for private life, participate in public affairs, and the right to non-discrimination.
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