The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of multilateral institutions 2014, para. 30
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The Special Rapporteur cautions multilateral institutions against what he sees as a total absence of will to take stock of situations that are often created or exacerbated by their own projects and meetings. The Special Rapporteur is alarmed at the extremely high number of reported violations to the right of peaceful assembly during summits of multilateral institutions as regularly happens with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the G20. The organizing States often react with determination to rein in the civil society multitude, using militarized security measures, cordoned-off zones for official meetings, repression of peaceful protesters, and a general reduction of space for democratic discussion with increasing penalties for public misbehaviour - rules that appear much more permanent than temporary and that receive the implicit consent of the multilateral summit organizers.
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
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
N.A.
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2014), A/69/365, para. 30.