The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of elections 2013, para. 17
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- In this regard, as mentioned during the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests, the Special Rapporteur is of the opinion that participating in peaceful protests is an alternative to violence and armed force as a means of expression and change which we should support. It must thus be protected, and protected robustly (see A/HRC/19/40, para. 13). The Council shares this approach and stressed in its resolution 22/10 that peaceful protests should not be viewed as a threat, and therefore encouraged all States to engage in an open, inclusive and meaningful dialogue when dealing with peaceful protests and their causes. The Council further stressed that everyone must be able to express their grievances or aspirations in a peaceful manner, including through public protests without fear of reprisals or of being intimidated, harassed, injured, sexually assaulted, beaten, arbitrarily arrested and detained, tortured, killed or subjected to enforced disappearance. This is all the more true in the context of elections when tension is at its highest with considerable political, economic and social interests at stake.
- Legal status
- 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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/299, para. 17.
- Paragraph number
- 17
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