The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association’s upcoming report to be presented at the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council.
Deadline
6 February 2023
BACKGROUND
The Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément N. Voule, will dedicate his thematic report to be presented at the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council, to advancing accountability for serious human rights violations related to the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.
The lack of accountability for serious human rights violations against activists linked to their association, as well as in the context of peaceful protests, is a worrying persistent pattern across the world. This widespread impunity has created a chilling effect for the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and has emboldened the perpetrators while increasing the repression and suppression of these rights.
OBJECTIVES
In this context, the report aims to examine the persistent impunity for attacks and serious human rights violations committed by State and non-State actors in the context of the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Such serious violations include mass arrests and arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment, extrajudicial executions, other unlawful killings and injuries due to the use of excessive and indiscriminate force, sexual and gender-based violence, or other types of physical violence in the context of exercising the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.
The report aims to also examine efforts undertaken by Governments to provide criminal accountability and redress for such crimes and will seek to highlight promising practices by States, civil society and the other stakeholders towards ending impunity. It will also assess how these measures meet the international standards for accountability and victims’ expectations. The report will offer practical recommendations towards promoting States’ obligations in ending impunity and providing accountability and redress to victims of such violations.
In this regard, the Special Rapporteur invites civil society, national human rights institutions, academics, international organizations, and other interested stakeholders to share their input on the report’s theme.
KEY QUESTIONS AND TYPES OF INPUT SOUGHT
The questionnaires below solicit information with a view to assisting the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in preparing his report.
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HOW AND WHERE TO SUBMIT INPUTS
- E-mail address: hrc-sr-freeassembly@un.org
- E-mail subject line: “Submission to 53rd HRC session report – Accountability”
- File formats: Word, PDF
- Accepted languages: English, French, Spanis
HOW INPUTS WILL BE USED
All submissions will be published on the mandate webpage on the OHCHR website, unless otherwise indicated in your submission.
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