The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the workplace 2016, para. 71
Párrafo
Paragraph text
On 14 November 2015, at a rally in the Republic of Korea, 20,000 police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a protest attended by 100,000 demonstrators. Dozens were injured, and criminal proceedings were brought against 585 leaders and members of the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions. The Confederation president was sentenced to five years in prison (A/HRC/32/36, para. 41). The Special Rapporteur emphasizes again that charging peaceful assembly participants with criminal offenses violates the right to peaceful assembly.
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
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Personas afectadas
Activists
Año
2016
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/385, para. 71.