A/HRC/56/50 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 September 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-sixth session 18 June–12 July 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Preserving the gains and pushing back against the global attack on civic space and growing authoritarianism Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule* Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, calls for urgent joint global action to respond to the global attack on civic space to preserve the gains made and to push back against the emerging and deepening threats against the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. He calls for a global renewed commitment to those rights, which are also fundamental for safeguarding democracy, human rights and peace. * The present report was submitted to the conference services for processing after the deadline so as to include the most recent information. GE.24-11191 (E) 120924 130924