Fundamentalism and its impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2016, para. 18
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
The values of pluralism and tolerance also lie at the heart of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 2 (1) requires each State party "to respect and to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the present Covenant, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status". Furthermore, article 20 (2) prohibits advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Personnes concernées
All
Année
2016
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/36, para. 18.