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Complete #solidarity to @DragoslavicM - and a little 🧵on protection of #journalists granted also by Article 21 (#rightofpeacefulassembly), not only Article 19 (#freedomofexpression), ICCPR
#UN #humanrightscommittee General Comment 37 on Article 21, ICCPR: "The role of #journalists, #humanrightsdefenders, election monitors & others involved in monitoring or reporting on assemblies is of particular importance for the full enjoyment of the #rightofpeacefulassembly."
"Those persons are entitled to protection under the Covenant. They may not be prohibited from, or unduly limited in, exercising these functions, including with respect to monitoring the actions of #lawenforcement officials."
1/22 Some thoughts on how the #PoliceCrimeSentencingCourtsBill falls far short of international standards on the right of #PeacefulAssembly – especially the UN Human Rights Committee's recently adopted #GeneralComment37 on #Article21 ICCPR
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2/22 “States must promote an enabling environment for the exercise of the right of #peacefulassembly without discrimination, and put in place a legal and institutional framework within which the right can be exercised effectively” (#GeneralComment37, para 24) …
3/22 The #PolicingBill fundamentally undermines an effective right of peaceful assembly by failing to recognize that assemblies “are a legitimate use of public and other spaces” which “may entail by their very nature a certain level of disruption to ordinary life” (GC37, para 47)
