The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 53
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Peaceful assemblies whose focus is on natural resource exploitation may also attract increased attention from law enforcement officers, with some groups alleging that they are under greater scrutiny. In Canada, for example, civil society sources claim that First Nations communities and environmental groups "have been under a special program of government surveillance, and the information was shared among security agencies, government departments and industry about groups that oppose resource development projects".
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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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Environment
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2015
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/25, para. 53.