The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the workplace 2016, para. 83
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States are obligated under international law to establish accessible and effective complaint mechanisms that can promptly investigate allegations of abuses related to the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association (see A/HRC/20/27, p. 19). Where those rights have been unduly restricted, victims have the right to obtain redress, including adequate compensation and sanctions against the employer (ibid.). Effective remedies should be available from a range of mechanisms, including judicial and non-judicial and administrative institutions, such courts, ombudsperson offices and national human rights institutions.
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
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/385, para. 83.