At the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Voule presented a Model Protocol for Law Enforcement Officials to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests to assist States in meeting their human rights obligations. The Protocol is part of a set of practical and technical tools to assist law enforcement officials in facilitating peaceful protests, which the Special Rapporteur developed in collaboration with UNODC and OHCHR as requested by Human Rights Council Resolution 50/21.
These tools operationalise existing international human rights laws and standards and reflect best practices gathered from around the world through extensive regional and global consultations with different stakeholders including law enforcement practitioners,” said Special Rapporteur Clément Voule.
The aim of the Model Protocol and the toolkit, is to enhance the capacity and practices of law enforcement agencies to fulfil their duty to promote and protect human rights in the context of peaceful protests.
Read the Model Protocol for Law Enforcement Officials to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests (A/HRC/55/60) in all UN languages here.
Consult the full practical toolkit and its different components here.
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