Best practices that promote and protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2012, para. 19
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The Special Rapporteur further particularly emphasizes that the right to life and the right to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment should be guaranteed by States to all individuals under all circumstances and at all times, including in the context of the exercise of the rights to freedom of association and of peaceful assembly, as prescribed by article 4 of the Covenant. The Special Rapporteur recalls that, according to the Human Rights Committee, during a state of emergency, the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association shall not be derogated since "the possibility of restricting certain Covenant rights under the terms of, for instance … freedom of assembly is generally sufficient during such situations and no derogation from the provisions in question would be justified by the exigencies of the situation".
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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
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2012
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/20/27, para. 19.