The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of multilateral institutions 2014, para. 80
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The Special Rapporteur finds all these practices deeply disconcerting, and believes that they profoundly undermine the ability of the United Nations to constructively engage with civil society. States sitting on the Committee should champion the right to freedom of association and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. In this context, he voiced concern about the election of Azerbaijan to the Committee after criminal charges were filed against three of that country's most prominent human rights defenders. His concerns only increased after the three were convicted.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
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Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
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Activists
Year
2014
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2014), A/69/365, para. 80.