Best practices that promote and protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2012, para. 37
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The Special Rapporteur is opposed to the practice of "kettling" (or containment) whereby demonstrators are surrounded by law enforcement officials and not allowed to leave. He notes with satisfaction the statement of the Toronto police (Canada) which decided to abandon the practice following controversy arising from the policing of the G-20 Summit in Toronto in 2010.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
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Governance & Rule of Law
Year
2012
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/20/27, para. 37.