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Annual
report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights
January 21, 2013
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session22/A.HRC.22.28.pdf
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Summary
The present
report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution
19/35 requesting the High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare
and submit a thematic report on effective measures and best practices
to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights in the context
of peaceful protests.
Member States,
regional organizations, national human rights institutions and civil
society organizations provided input for this report. In accordance
with resolution 19/35, this report also includes information drawn
from treaty bodies and relevant thematic special procedure mandate
holders.
Based on the
input provided, the report outlines examples of effective measures
and best practices to promote and support the promotion and protection
of human rights in the context of peaceful protests. It concludes
that peaceful protests are a fundamental aspect of a vibrant democracy.
The promotion and protection of peaceful protests require not only
an adequate legal framework but also continuous efforts for their
effective implementation. Dialogue between protest organizers, administrative
authorities and the police, as well as human rights training programmes
for police forces, including on the use of force during protests,
can contribute to the promotion and protection of the human rights
linked to peaceful protests.
Introduction
1. In its resolution
19/35, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner
for Human Rights to prepare and submit a thematic report to the
Council, prior to its twenty-second session, on effective measures
and best practices to ensure the promotion and protection of human
rights in the context of peaceful protests.
2. The Council
encouraged relevant thematic special procedures mandate holders,
including the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion
and expression, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom
of peaceful assembly and of association, the Special Rapporteur
on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, to contribute
to this report. It further requested the High Commissioner for Human
Rights, to draw on the experience of treaty bodies and to seek the
views of States and relevant partners, such as United Nations agencies,
regional organizations, national human rights institutions and civil
society organizations when preparing the report.1
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