Many States have derogated from the right of assembly due to COVID-19

Numerous States have derogated from their respective treaty obligations to respect and protect the right of assembly owing to the...

Nigerian Police reportedly open fire on unarmed demonstrators in Lagos

Buildings have been set aflame and there were reports of gunfire in Nigeria's biggest city after demonstrators were shot at...

On 20 July 2020, the Human Rights Committee adopted its General Comment 37 on the right of peaceful assembly protected under Article 21 of...

A statement on the permissibility of derogations from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in connection with the...

In her February 2020 address to the Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet expressed deep concern about forcible repression of protest around...

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has criticised the use of the military during largely peaceful...

In 2019, the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued a report on Protest...

In November 2019 in Paris, Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, cited a number of perceived or fundamental...

The Human Rights Committee has published its Draft General Comment 37 on the Right of Peaceful Assembly under the 1966 Covenant on...

The European Center for Not-for-Profit Law has created a new online repository for jurisprudence on freedom of assembly.

The Venice Commission and OSCE ODIHR have published the third edition of their Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly.

On 20 March 2019, the Committee heard from non-governmental experts for its planned General Comment on the right of peaceful assembly.