General Comment No. 37 on the Right of Peaceful Assembly

PUBLISHED: JULY 2020

On July 23, 2020, the UN Human Rights Committee adopted General Comment No. 37: the Committee’s first comprehensive guidance on the right of peaceful assembly, as enshrined in article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It is available from the UN OHCHR website in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, and Chinese.