Ability of associations to access financial resources as a vital part of the right to freedom of association & Ability to hold peaceful assemblies as an integral component of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly 2013, para. 50
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In this connection, the Special Rapporteur highlights again the existence of "presumption in favour of holding peaceful assemblies," as was first stressed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Panel of Experts on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and the Council of Europe's European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission). This means that an assembly should be presumed lawful and deemed as not constituting a threat to public order. Such presumption should apply to everyone, without any discrimination, and should be "clearly and explicitly established in the law, enshrined either in constitutions or in laws governing peaceful assemblies" (A/HRC/20/27, para. 26). The Special Rapporteur believes that unclear legal provisions should be clarified, and that in the absence of clarity, such provisions should be interpreted in favour of those wishing to exercise their right to freedom of peaceful assembly.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2013
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/39, para. 50.