Ability of associations to access financial resources as a vital part of the right to freedom of association & Ability to hold peaceful assemblies as an integral component of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly 2013, para. 67
Párrafo
Paragraph text
In this connection, the IACHR stressed that "the competent institutions of the State have a duty to design operating plans and procedures that will facilitate the exercise of the right of assembly,.[including] rerouting pedestrian and vehicular traffic in a certain area". An assembly causes only a temporary obstruction to traffic, that is, a temporary interference with the rights and activities of others. The Special Rapporteur finds it troubling that in some States, street protests are forbidden under domestic legislation (Malaysia); it is prohibited for street marches to impede the movement of traffic and pedestrians (Belarus); mass gatherings are prohibited and subject to a heavy fine as they may, inter alia, disrupt traffic and transportation (Russian Federation); application to hold a peaceful assembly to celebrate International Peace Day was rejected by the authorities, allegedly because it would have, inter alia, disrupted traffic (Myanmar); women human rights defenders have repeatedly been arrested and detained for disrupting traffic during peaceful street marches (Zimbabwe).
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
Tipo de documento
Special Procedures' report
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Governance & Rule of Law
Personas afectadas
Activists
Women
Año
2013
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/39, para. 67.