Fundamentalism and its impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2016, para. 59
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The list of countries with similar discrimination against minority religions and atheists is too long to recount here. According to a 2015 civil society report, atheism is effectively illegal in 19 countries, and is punishable by death in 13 of those. "Blasphemy" and similar criticisms against religion are a criminal offence in 55 countries. The Special Rapporteur has grave concerns about the implications of such laws on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.
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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.
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Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/36, para. 59.