EXISTING STANDARDS - Freedom of peaceful assembly and association

EXISTING STANDARDS & GUIDANCE

Consult the existing Standards & Guidance

Regional Guidances

Body	Name + link to Document
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)	OSCE/Venice Commission Guidance on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 2010
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)	ACHPR Guidelines for the Policing of Assemblies by Law Enforcement Officials in Africa, 2017
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)	ACHPR Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights	IACHR Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 2018

United Nations Standards

Body	Name + link to Document
United Nations - OHCHR	UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, 1979
United Nations	United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, 1990
United Nations - OHCHR	United Nations Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement, 2020
United Nations - General Assembly Resolution 60/147	Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law, 2006

Key Guidance on implementing standards

Body	Name + link to Document
United Nations - OHCHR	UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, 1979
United Nations	United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, 1990
United Nations - OHCHR	United Nations Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement, 2020
United Nations - General Assembly Resolution 60/147	Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law, 2006

Reports and Statements of Special Rapporteurs

Body	Name + link to Document
UNSR FoAA, Clément N Voule	Report of the Special Rapporteur on FoAA, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, Protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests during crisis situations Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, 2022
UNSR FoAA, Clément N Voule	Report of the Special Rapporteur on FoAA, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, Advancing accountability and ending impunity for serious human rights violations related to the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, 2023

UNSR FoAA, Maina Kiai and UNSR Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary Executions	Joint Report of the Special Rapporteur on FoAA with the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions on the Proper Management of Assemblies, 2016
UNSR FoAA, Maina Kiai	Toolkit reports on the Management of Assemblies by UNSR FoAA, Maina Kiai, 2016
Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression of IACHPR	Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Edison Lanza, Standards on the rights involved in social protest and the obligations to guide the response of the State, 2019
UNSR FoAA, Clément N Voule, SR FreedEx of IACHPR, SR HRDs of ACHPR and OSCE ODIHR	Joint Declaration on Protecting the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Times of Emergencies’ by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Freedom of Assembly and of Association (Clément Voule), the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Pedro Vaca), the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and focal point for reprisals in Africa and Chairman of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Rémy Ngoy Lumbu)
UNSR FoAA, Maina Kiai	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, 2012
UNSR FoAA, Maina Kiai	Report, Maina Kiai: Mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, A/HRC/23/39/ Add.1, 2013.
UNSR FoAA, Maina Kiai	Report, Maina Kiai: A/HRC/26/29, 2014

Other United Nations resources

Body	Name + link to Document
UNICEF	UNICEF, Free and safe to protest, 2023
UNESCO	UNESCO, Freedom of Expression and Public Order: Training Manual, 2015

OHCHR	OHCHR, Human Rights and Law Enforcement, A Manual on Human Rights Training for Law Enforcement Officials, 1997, chapter 9 (Human Rights and Policing of Public Assemblies and Protests)
OHCHR	OHCHR Report, Impact of New Technologies on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Assemblies, Including Peaceful Protests, 2020
United Nations	UN Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, 1989
UNODC	UNODC/OHCHR Resource book on the use of force and firearms in law enforcement, 2017
UNODC	UNODC Handbook on police accountability, oversight and integrity, 2011

Civil Society Organisations, Research Centres and others

Body	Name + link to Document
International Committee of the Red Cross	International Committee of the Red Cross, Violence and the Use of Force, 2015
Centre for Policing Equity	Centre for Policing Equity, 27 Guiding Principles for Crowd Management