The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of elections 2013, para. 27
Párrafo
Paragraph text
The Special Rapporteur recalls that organizers of peaceful protests should not bear responsibility for the unlawful behaviour of others, including in times of elections. In Malaysia, in May 2012, the federal Government announced that it would sue the organizers of the Bersih 3.0 rally of 28 April 2012 calling for free and fair elections, in relation to property which was allegedly destroyed during the said rally.
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
2013
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/299, para. 27.