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A Treatise on Amendments to the Regulation on Non-Profit Companies on relation to Civil Society Organisations

This Paper discusses the new regulation issued by the Palestinian Council of Ministers No. 8 of 2015 amending regulation No. 3 of 2010 related to Non Profit Companies, which aims to provide the government with broad powers to intervene in NPC’s financial resources without restrictions or controls, or the possibility of complaints. This paper discuss this new regulation by exploring the connection between NPCs and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), governmental justification of this amendment, and by assessing the constitutionality and legality of this amendment in the light of international treaties that Palestine acceded to without reservation.