Fundamentalism and its impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2016, para. 86
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This is what happened in the Syrian Arab Republic, Libya and elsewhere. Opposition and dissent were long repressed, impeding the growth and maturity of peaceful, constructive civil society organizations. Instead, when the governments of those countries were destabilized, extremist groups - including from outside the country - were the best prepared to step in and fill the power vacuum. These scenarios are the product of a system that gave no space for peaceful civic engagement. In Tunisia, by contrast, civil society was more developed than in most other places in the Arab world. It has been indispensable to the relative, albeit uneasy, stability, and won a Nobel Peace Prize for its contributions.
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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
Humanitarian
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N.A.
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/36, para. 86.
Paragraph focus
The role of assembly and association rights in the context of rising extremism and radicalization