Best practices that promote and protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2012, para. 53
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The Special Rapporteur emphasizes that the right to form and join an association is an inherent part of the right to freedom of association. It also includes the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of one's interests, as enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural 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
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
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All
Year
2012
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/20/27, para. 53.