The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the workplace 2016, para. 14
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Further, the lack of effective cross-border and national legal and enforcement frameworks rewards and spreads non-compliance, even lawlessness. Violence by State and private actors against trade unionists, rights activists and peacefully striking workers often deals the final blow to workers' attempts to exercise their assembly and association rights.
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)
Economic Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/385, para. 14.