A/HRC/55/60 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 31 January 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-fifth session 26 February–5 April 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Model Protocol for Law Enforcement Officials to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule* Summary The Model Protocol for Law Enforcement Officials to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests is part of a technical and practical toolkit developed by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 50/21. The aim of the Model Protocol and the toolkit, which are based on international human rights laws, standards and good practices, is to enhance the capacity and practices of law enforcement agencies to fulfil their duty to promote and protect human rights in the context of peaceful protests. * Agreement was reached to publish the present document after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.24-00845 (E) 300124 300124