54. 委员会对结社自由受到不当限制感到关切。委员会注意到，缔约国计划修订《公共社团法》和《政党法》，以简化非政府组织的登记，但委员会感到关切的是，对公共社团和政党的登记有限制性的复杂规则，除其他外，要求创始人人数相对较多、地域多样化、非营利社团登记费用较高以及限制将住宅用作官方地址，导致包括大多数人权非政府组织在内的许多社团无法满足登记要求。委员会还感到关切的是，根据《刑法》第 193-1 条，组织或参与未登记的公共社团的活动被定为刑事犯罪，虽然注意到缔约国计划废除该条，代之以非司法官员判处的行政罪行，但委员会仍对这种措施的必要性和相称性表示关切。委员会还感到关切的是：
54. The Committee is concerned about undue restrictions on the freedom of association. While noting plans to amend the Public Associations Act and the Political Parties Act in order to simplify the registration of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the Committee is concerned about the restrictive and disproportionate rules on the registration of public associations and political parties, requiring, inter alia, relatively high numbers of founders, geographical diversity, high fees for registering non-profit associations and limits on the use of residential premises as an official address, resulting in the inability of many associations, including most human rights NGOs, to meet the registration requirements. The Committee is further concerned about the criminalization of the organization of or participation in the activities of unregistered public associations under article 193-1 of the Criminal Code and, while noting plans to repeal that article and replace it with an administrative offence imposed by a non-judicial official, the Committee nonetheless raises its concern about the necessity and proportionality of such a measure. The Committee is also concerned at: