A/HRC/35/28
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
29 June 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6-23 June 2017
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of
peaceful assembly and of association*
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the sixth
thematic report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and
of association, prepared pursuant to Council resolution 32/32.
Following an introduction in section I, the Special Rapporteur provides an overview
in section II of the activities he carried out between 1 March 2016 and 30 April 2017.
In section III, the Special Rapporteur records some of the successes and
achievements of civil society in recent years, based on his experience during his term as
mandate holder and on contributions from respondents to his questionnaire.
The Special Rapporteur provides conclusions and outlines his recommendations in
section IV. The recommendations seek to ensure that the successes and achievements of
civil society in recent years can continue sustainably, in a safer and more conducive
environment.
* The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent information.
GE.17-10816(E)