Comparative study of enabling environments for associations and businesses 2015, para. 21
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- The Special Rapporteur's analysis is based on the premise that States have an obligation under international law to take measures to both protect and promote the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Restrictions on these rights must be strictly motivated by the limited concerns which are prescribed by law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order, the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. As stated by the Human Rights Committee, where such restrictions are made, States must demonstrate their necessity and only take such measures as are proportionate to the pursuance of legitimate aims in order to ensure continuous and effective protection of these rights.
- 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)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/266, para. 21.
- Paragraph number
- 21
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