ARTICLE 19 welcomes the opportunity to input and provide comments on the draft General Comment No. At its 44th session, the Committee decided to develop a General Comment on Article 22 of the ICCPR on the right to freedom of association. We consider the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association as interrelated and interdependent. Read the commentsCo-funded by the European Union. This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union.