Library of UN and Regional Materials on Freedom of Assembly
The following is a repository of UN and regional materials relating to the right of peaceful assembly. This collection includes views, concluding observations, and lists of issues from the UN Human Rights Committee and other UN treaty bodies, along with regional standards, recommendations and jurisprudence. It aims to support effort to develop international standards regarding this fundamental freedom and support organisations to advocate for better legal environment.
The repository was developed by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) in collaboration with Prof. Michael Hamilton of the University of East Anglia under the “Greater protection and standards setting: United Nations” project supported by International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) through the Civic Space Initiative, funded by the Government of Sweden. We also thank other colleagues worldwide for assisting in assembling these materials.
Document Collections & Index
- The travaux préparatoires of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) may be found at the following website: https://hr-travaux.law.virginia.edu/international-conventions/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights-iccpr
- For further references to national legislation on freedom of assembly, we recommend visiting https://www.rightofassembly.info/, an academic repository and analysis of national law and practice governing the right of peaceful assembly developed by the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria.
- To read the UN Human Rights Committee's Statement on derogations from the Covenant in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, see below:
COVIDstatement .docx