The International Journal
of Not-for-Profit Law
Volume 4, Issue 1, September 2001
A publication of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Corporate Philanthropy and Social Responsibility in Latin America
La Filantropia Empresarial: Un Deber Moral, Social y Legal
por Antonio L. Itriago Machado y Miguel Angel Itriago Machado
Regional:
Conference Report on the "Simposio de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial en Las Américas"
Brazil:
Corporate Social Responsibility Conference
Chile:
Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility
Chile:
New Web Site to Encourage Social Responsibility
Articles
Trends in Self-Regulation and Transparency of Non-Profit Organization in the U.S.
By Robert O. Bothwell
ICNL'S Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe: One Year Later
By Radost Toftisova
An Overview of Issues in Charity Litigation in Malaysia 2001
By Mary George
Charity, Politics and the Human Rights Act 1998: Chasing a Red Herring?
By Graham Moffat
Case Notes
Asia Pacific:
Australia
Central and Eastern Europe:
Hungary
Latin America:
The Bahamas
Middle East and North Africa:
Egypt
North America:
The United States
Western Europe:
The Netherlands | Switzerland | Turkey
Country Reports
Asia Pacific:
Regional | Australia | Cambodia | East Timor | Indonesia | Malaysia | New Zealand
Central and Eastern Europe:
Regional | Albania | Croatia | Hungary | Romania
Latin America and the Caribbean:
Regional | Argentina | Bermuda | Chile | Guatemala | Saint Lucia
Middle East and North Africa:
Egypt | Iran | Israel
Newly Independent States:
Armenia | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Moldova | Russia | Tajikistan | Ukraine
North America:
Canada
South Asia:
India
Sub-Saharan Africa:
Gambia | South Africa | Tanzania | Uganda
Western Europe:
Austria | Ireland | Scotland | Turkey | the United Kingdom
International:
The London School of Economics Conference | The United Nations Global Compact
Self-Regulation Reports
The Humanitarian Accountability Project
Spain:
New Publication on Transparency and Accountability
Tanzania:
Tazania's First National NGO Forum Disucsses a Draft Code of Conduct
The United Kingdom:
Reports on Developments with Respect to Self-Regulation in the UK
Reviews
Charity Law Matters
By Ronan Cormacain, Kerry O'Halloran, Arthur Williamson
Reviewed by Karla Simon
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Case Notes: Central and Eastern Europe
Hungary
Freedom of Association Violated in the Hungarian Law on Associations. In Art 4.1 of the Law on Associations in Hungary, it is stated that an association does not come into being until it is duly registered in accordance with the law. According to the law, organizations must be promptly registered (Art. 15.3). This requirement is further supported by the Civil Procedure Code, which requires that courts must proceed in a timely fashion (Art. 2.1)
Although the Constitutional Court, in Decision 6/2001 (III.14) AB, upheld the constitutionality of the registration requirement, it also decided that the law does not contain adequate guarantees against undue delays in the registration process. The Court therefore ordered the Parliament to adopt new legislation containing appropriate safeguards against delay by the end of this year.