The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 40
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The Special Rapporteur holds the view that as long as such an assembly is peaceful, States have the obligation to facilitate the gathering whether or not authorities agree with the content of the message. Any interference with such peaceful assemblies, including dispersal, should meet the strict tests of necessity and proportionality stipulated in international human rights standards.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
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Special Procedures' report
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Civil & Political Rights
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2015
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/25, para. 40.