PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 1, 2013 “No matter how old a democracy, there is always space for continued improvements.”Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to […]
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Effective Measures and Best Practices to Ensure the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests
This report (A/HRC/22/28) by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights examines effective measures and best practices to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests.
United Nations Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution on Freedom of Assembly and Association
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 20, 2012 ICNL welcomes the adoption of a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution that further strengthens the protection of freedom of association and assembly. […]
UN Secretary-General’s report on the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers
This report is in response to the requests of the General Assembly that the Secretary-General report to it at its sixty-seventh session on the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers, 2001, and to propose recommendations to further integrate volunteerism in peace and development during the next decade and beyond.
Inaugural UN Report on the Freedoms of Assembly and Association
PUBLISHED: JUNE 20, 2012 On June 20, 2012, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, Maina Kiai, presented his inaugural […]
Global Survey on Internet Privacy and Freedom of Expression
This 2012 UNESCO publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances.
UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on Best Practices in Promoting Assembly and Association Rights
In this report (A/HRC/20/27), Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai’s first to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur highlights best practices worldwide that promote and protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, covering areas such as:
Summary of the Human Rights Council Panel Discussion on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests
This report, prepared by the UN Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, summarizes a Human Rights Council panel discussion on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests.
Drafting and Implementing Volunteerism Laws and Policies
This Guidance Note, published by UN Volunteers and developed by ICNL and ECNL, is based on a global research study of laws governing volunteering.
UN Special Rapporteur’s report on the Use of Lethal Force During Demonstrations
This report (A/HRC/17/28) by Special Rapporteur Christof Heyns discusses the legal norms applicable to the use of lethal force during demonstrations.