The Special Rapporteur's vision of the mandate 2017, para. 17
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Moreover, the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association are fundamental human rights, not only for all functioning democracies, but also for autocratic Governments. A single variable such as freedom of peaceful assembly and of association can actually serve as a barometer for measuring the situation pertaining to, and the enjoyment of, human rights in any given country and a useful proxy for how open or closed countries and their national institutions are.
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Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association