The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of elections 2013, para. 11
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- The term "elections" as used in the present report includes those held to choose presidential, legislative and local administrative representatives, plebiscites and referendums. The electoral period does not always fit into a neat temporal delineation. Indeed, it is arguable that the end of one election period - to the extent that this is determinable - signals the beginning of the next. Some events in the election process may be capable of a definite time allocation, for example, voter education, campaign period, voting day(s) and vote counting. However, other activities that are relevant to the process may be ongoing, continuing long after voting has been done, such as legislative reform and institution strengthening. By describing the scope of the present report as covering the period before, during and after elections, the Special Rapporteur seeks to convey that the context of elections is not about a specific event or a particular time period, for example, voting day - although casting one's vote is a pivotal moment in elections. The Special Rapporteur notes that elections are often highly charged contests at which much lies at stake for authorities and the electorate. In that context, States have an obligation to respect and facilitate the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association throughout the entire process.
- 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. 11.
- Paragraph number
- 11
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