Challenges faced by groups most at risk when exercising or seeking to exercise the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and/or of association 2014, para. 40
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- Persons with disabilities may be excluded from organizing and participating in assemblies, for example, due to laws and policies that fail to provide reasonable accommodation for their specific needs. Physical barriers, such as a lack of access to public buildings and amenities such as transportation, distances that must be travelled to gather at officially sanctioned protest sites, and a lack of accommodation for facilitated communication, including in the online environment, may hinder the participation of persons with disabilities in peaceful gatherings. As stated previously, the practice of kettling - when police form large cordons and contain a crowd within a limited area, either preventing protesters from leaving or allowing only one exit - is "intrinsically detrimental to the exercise of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, due to its indiscriminate and disproportionate nature" (A/HRC/23/39/Add.1, para. 37). In that regard, it may be particularly detrimental to individuals with disabilities, especially if those disabilities affect mobility. Societal attitudes that promote a lack of understanding or accommodation for persons with disabilities also constitute a significant barrier to their exercise of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/26/29, para. 40.
- Paragraph number
- 40
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