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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 67
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- An environment that allows for the robust exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association is essential in ensuring that natural resource exploitation is fair, transparent and accountable and benefits citizens. These rights encourage access to information, public participation and free, prior and informed consent and also highlight the gaps in the enjoyment of other rights related to land tenure, the environment and self-determination. The Special Rapporteur believes that the more consultation on any particular exploitation issue, the better. He also wishes to highlight that the benefits of such consultation - and the improved planning that results from extensive consultation - can be immense for society at large. One example is the Government Pension Fund Global of Norway, which was set up in 1990 to hold surplus wealth produced by Norwegian petroleum income. It is now the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 18
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- The complexities of influence between the host State and States of origin is replicated among corporations, where parent companies domiciled in one State may have subsidiaries in other countries exercising various degrees of influence on the policies and practices of the latter entities. Furthermore, international and national financial institutions often have a significant stake in natural resource exploitation activities that they may be supporting financially. Their actions or inaction, primarily through the leverage they have as financiers, could have an impact on the human rights of affected communities, including peaceful assembly and association rights. The Special Rapporteur subscribes to the premise that international human rights law ascribes the primary duties to States, acting individually or as members of multilateral institutions. These obligations apply within the territory of the State and extraterritorially. Similarly, non-State actors have responsibilities in relation to human rights, as will be discussed below.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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. 9
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- Legal frameworks and policies related to resources have a significant impact on the freedom of association; they can strengthen the effectiveness and facilitate the sustainability of associations or, alternatively, subjugate associations to a dependent and weak position. Moreover, for associations promoting human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights, or those involved in service delivery (such as disaster relief, health-care provision or environmental protection), access to resources is important, not only to the existence of the association itself, but also to the enjoyment of other human rights by those benefitting from the work of the association. Hence, undue restrictions on resources available to associations impact the enjoyment of the right to freedom of association and also undermine civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights as a whole.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The Special Rapporteur's vision of the mandate 2017, para. 37
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- In his fourth report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/29/25), on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association in the context of natural resource exploitation, the previous mandate holder examined the role that those rights played in opening up space for genuine and effective participation across the spectrum of natural resource exploitation activities. He also examined how those rights helped to foster increased transparency and accountability, facilitate constructive dialogue and, ultimately, form the basis for people’s ability to secure other substantive rights. In the report, he noted that the significance of civil society as a stakeholder in the context of natural resource exploitation was underestimated, misperceived and often denied by both States and businesses and that that was symptomatic of a growing disregard for a plurality of views, particularly those which championed non-economic values over economic ones. He argued that such disregard for civil society input was counterproductive and divisive and likely to contribute to an erosion of confidence in the world’s prevailing economic system. He concluded that it was in the interest of both States and corporations to recognize actions by civil society groups, both in support of and against the entire decision-making chain in natural resource governance, as a legitimate exercise by those individuals and groups of their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 74c
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that civil society:] Increase and enhance engagement and participation in multi-stakeholder initiatives, through which civil society has the opportunity to engage in decision-making on natural resource governance;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 74b
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that civil society:] Strengthen research, monitoring and documentation capacity of violations of peaceful assembly and association rights in the context of natural resource exploitation;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 24c
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- [A notable shortcoming of the voluntary obligations for corporations is that they do not go far enough in ensuring that both States and businesses are held accountable for any failures to comply with them, nor do they encourage robust oversight by Governments of actions by businesses that may violate human rights. Several documents set out voluntary human rights obligations for companies in relation to human rights in general and the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in particular. These include:] The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, designed specifically for the extractive industries sector, to help companies maintain the safety and security of their operations while maintaining respect for human rights. The Voluntary Principles acknowledge the primary role of Governments for maintaining law and order and ensuring human rights. Furthermore, the Principles state that companies should use their influence (i) to ensure that individuals implicated in human rights abuses do not provide security services for companies; (ii) to limit the use of force to circumstances when it is strictly necessary and to an extent proportional to the threat; and (iii) to ensure that the human rights of individuals are not violated, including the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 22
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- Although States often refer to the permissible limitations embedded in the provisions and instruments cited above, the Special Rapporteur reiterates that the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association should be viewed as the rule and the limitations as the exception (see A/HRC/20/27, para. 16). States may only limit the rights in strictly defined circumstances necessitated by narrowly defined "legitimate reasons". Such restrictions must be prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order, the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. They must also be proportionate to the pursuance of legitimate aims. Thus, a blanket prohibition of protests outside business premises or surrounding the operations of mining, resource and forestry companies would be unjustifiable under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Similarly, broad definitions of "vital installations" or "national interests" that encompass business premises engaged in natural resource exploitation, with a view to shielding them from peaceful assemblies, would not meet international human rights law standards.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 36
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- The obligations of States to ensure the respect of human rights by corporations engaged in natural resource exploitation in their own territory is clear. Less well-developed and understood are the extraterritorial obligations of States arising from the international human rights standards to which they have voluntarily acceded. At a minimum, States of origin should ensure that victims of human rights violations have effective judicial remedies. Doing so also entails a monitoring responsibility to ensure that companies operating abroad adhere to international human rights standards. States from the global North and Brazil, China, India, the Russian Federation and South Africa, where many of the companies engaged in natural resource exploitation around the world are domiciled, have an especially important role to play in this regard. For example, civil society groups in Latin America have in public hearings at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights highlighted the significant role of Canadian companies in human rights violations in the region, and the support provided by the Government of Canada, despite these allegations.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 27
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- The objective of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is to promote openness and accountability in the management of natural resource exploitation through a global standard. Implementation and monitoring of the standard is overseen by an international board and national multi-stakeholder groups, consisting of representatives from Governments, companies and civil society representatives. The underlying rationale is that the management of natural resources in any country is a shared interest and can only be effective when all stakeholders have access to relevant information and are able to act on this information to promote sustainable economic and social development. To achieve the objectives of the Initiative, implementing countries are required, among other things, to ensure that an enabling environment exists for civil society to engage in the process and express views related to natural resource governance, including in relation to laws, regulations and administrative rules and practice. In its civil society protocol, the Initiative outlines that the rights of civil society to expression, operation, association, engagement and access to public decision-making in the implementing countries must be respected.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 26
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- Initiatives such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the Open Government Partnership enshrine the role of citizens in policymaking processes, including those related to natural resource governance.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of multilateral institutions 2014, para. 87c
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- [The Special Rapporteur calls, therefore, upon multilateral institutions to:] Encourage diversity of perspectives and geography among civil society organization representatives;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 73d
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that corporations:] Subscribe to and increase the quality of participation in and implementation of existing multi-stakeholder initiatives, such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the Open Government Partnership; participating corporations should strengthen their role in respecting the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the framework of these initiatives;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 72e
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Subscribe to and increase the quality of implementation of existing multi-stakeholder initiatives, such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the Open Government Partnership, which encourage civil society participation in the governance of natural resources; participating States should strengthen the role of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in these initiatives;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 54
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- An issue of significant concern to the Special Rapporteur is the use of private military and security companies to protect the property and facilities of corporations engaged in natural resource exploitation. These companies may be contracted by the corporations or, as in the case of Equatorial Guinea, by the Government (see A/HRC/18/32/Add.2, para. 46). Companies may also have contracts with Governments to have members of the police force seconded to them, as in Somalia (Puntland) (see A/HRC/24/45/Add.2, para. 24).
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 6
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- The global economy relies heavily on the availability and exploitation of natural resources. With the industrialization of emerging economies and the ever-increasing needs of older market-economy countries, the demand for natural resources has increased dramatically. With that demand has come a plethora of concerns relating to the sustainability of economic growth and its impact on the climate, the environment and, more generally, on human rights.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 37
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- The Special Rapporteur strongly urges all Governments to weigh carefully their involvement in natural resource exploitation activities that have the potential to violate human rights. Introspection is especially needed in view of the State practice of merging foreign affairs, trade and international development portfolios and thus encouraging the alignment of sometimes disparate objectives.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of multilateral institutions 2014, para. 41
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- In addition, the Special Rapporteur notes with concern the uneven level of civil society engagement and participation among various United Nations bodies. While he recognizes positive United Nations processes, such as the Major Groups Facilitating Committee of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Special Rapporteur regrets that since 2010 NGOs have been significantly impeded in their attempts to participate as observers in the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 73f
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that corporations:] Ensure that international law standards relating to public participation and free, prior and informed consent are scrupulously adhered to in negotiations with groups affected by natural resource exploitation activities.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 73e
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that corporations:] Provide avenues for compensation and other redress in the event of human rights violations related to natural resource exploitation activities;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 73a
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that corporations:] Meet their obligations to respect internationally accepted human rights in their natural resource exploitation activities, including the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 72d
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Develop, in consultation with the private sector and civil society, binding laws and standards which ensure that private actors abide by international and domestic human rights norms, including in the context of natural resource exploitation;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 53
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- Peaceful assemblies whose focus is on natural resource exploitation may also attract increased attention from law enforcement officers, with some groups alleging that they are under greater scrutiny. In Canada, for example, civil society sources claim that First Nations communities and environmental groups "have been under a special program of government surveillance, and the information was shared among security agencies, government departments and industry about groups that oppose resource development projects".
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Fundamentalism and its impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2016, para. 84
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- The Special Rapporteur himself has extensively documented the trend, looking at the growing restrictions on civil society's ability to access resources (see A/HRC/23/39), restrictions on assembly and association rights in the context of elections (see A/68/299), States' propensity to favour businesses over non-profit organizations (see A/70/266) and restrictions on people's ability to engage in regard to natural resource exploitation (see A/HRC/29/25). The effect of this growing wave of restrictions is that people now have less space to peacefully engage in regard to decisions that profoundly affect their lives.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Fundamentalism and its impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2016, para. 39
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- Free market fundamentalist views also lie at the heart of most international trade treaties, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which was signed by 12 Pacific Rim States in February 2016. Certain provisions of the treaty which is not yet in force, show a clear bias towards favouring the economic interests of businesses over the assembly and association rights of non-investors. The Trans-Pacific Partnership's investor-State dispute settlement mechanism, for example, gives corporations the right to challenge State laws and policies that harm their investments. These challenges would take place before a panel of arbitrators, outside the country's ordinary court system, and could be used to attack laws protecting workers' rights, the environment, and the rights to peacefully assemble or associate. The Trans-Pacific Partnership has no equivalent mechanism for individuals or civil society organizations to directly challenge corporations or States for human rights abuses.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Fundamentalism and its impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2016, para. 34
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- The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2015, of Canada, has been criticized for expanding the definition of national security to include "the economic or financial stability of Canada". Under this definition, a peaceful protest by environmentalists blockading a logging road could potentially be labelled a threat to national security. While economic activity is important, it is not one of the grounds enumerated in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights for permissible restriction of peaceful assembly and association rights. States tread a dangerous path when they prioritize the freedom of the market over the freedom of human beings. The economic rights of investors should never trump fundamental human rights in the Covenant.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Fundamentalism and its impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2016, para. 33
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- Some countries, for example, have linked natural resource exploitation with national security interests, limiting the assembly and association rights around such activities in the process. While governments may have a legitimate interest in protecting areas dedicated to natural resource exploitation, they must be extremely cautious to ensure that restrictions in these areas are necessary and proportionate in a democratic society in order to be justifiable under international human rights law. Peaceful opposition to natural resource exploitation projects - whether in the form of protests or community groups - may be economically "inefficient" and difficult for States and businesses to balance against profit motives. But States have a duty under international law to allow and promote space for such opposition. In addition, national, political, economic or government interest is not synonymous with national security or public order (see A/HRC/31/66, para. 31).
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the workplace 2016, para. 88
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- Labour, environmental and human rights groups report that the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement, signed by the United States and 11 Pacific Rim countries on 4 February 2016, not yet in force, was negotiated non-transparently and that its backers were primarily business lobbies. Critics point out that it fails to improve on the inadequate labour rights commitments of previous agreements, and extends benefits to countries like Viet Nam and Brunei, which limit political rights, civil liberties and freedom of association, and ban independent unions. Mexico is also a beneficiary, despite its record of permitting "illegitimate collective bargaining agreements (commonly known as 'protection contracts')" signed "between an employer and an employer-dominated union".
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 72c (iii)
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Take appropriate measures to meet extraterritorial obligations, particularly by providing access to remedy for victims of violations of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; measures should include but are not limited to: Ensuring that trade and other agreements on investment in natural resource exploitation activities, whether concluded bilaterally or multilaterally, recognize and protect the exercise of peaceful assembly and association rights for affected individuals and groups;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 72a
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Ensure that they meet their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil human rights in accordance with international human rights law, including by encouraging the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; recognize the relevance of realizing the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation in their laws, policies and practice; strengthen the legal framework that guides these exploitation activities, including by guaranteeing substantive rights to land tenure, labour and environment with special attention to marginalized groups;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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