Challenges faced by groups most at risk when exercising or seeking to exercise the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and/or of association 2014, para. 48
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Legislation that explicitly excludes individuals or groups from forming associations on the basis of prohibited grounds constitutes a violation of the rights of those groups. For example, migrant workers are explicitly prohibited from forming trade unions in Singapore, and they are not allowed to join or form unions in the Plurinational State of Bolivia (CMW/C/BOL/CO/2, para. 34). In some instances non-nationals are allowed to join existing trade unions or labour associations but are not allowed to hold office in those associations, as in Singapore. However, the restriction on forming their own associations deprives migrants of autonomy and vehicles through which to advocate or promote issues of concern that may differ from those of nationals.
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)
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/26/29, para. 48.