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Debate the Right to Protest

This is a draft and consultative version of The Right to Protest Principles which aims to elaborate comprehensive guidelines for protecting human rights in the context of protest.

Feel free to comment here or through email how the Principles can be further improved.

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The document is open for comments and suggestion till 31 October 2015. Final document will be completed based on feedback received.

Thank you for your cooperation.

  1. Why The Right to Protest?

  2. Principle 1: Key terminology

  3. Principle 2: State obligations on the right to protest

  4. Principle 3: Non-discrimination

  5. Principle 4: Limited scope of restrictions on the right to protest

  6. Principle 5: State of emergency

  7. Principle 6: Legal protection of the right to protest

  8. Principle 7: Freedom to protest

  9. Principle 8: Freedom of location

  10. Principle 9: Freedom to choose the form and manner of protests

  11. Principle 10: Freedom to choose the cause or issue of protests

  12. Principle 11: State duties to facilitate protests

  13. Principle 12: State duty to adopt a human rights approach to policing protests

  14. Principle 13: State duties regarding the use of force

  15. Principle 14: State duties regarding the use of surveillance on protesters

  16. Principle 15: State duties regarding stop and search, detention or arrests of protesters

  17. Principle 16: State duties regarding liability and sanctions against protesters

  18. Principle 17: Accountability and transparency

  19. Principle 18: Free flow of information relating to protests

  20. Principle 19: Monitoring of and reporting on protests

  21. Principle 20: Protesters and other actors

Contents

  • Why The Right to Protest?
  • Principle 1: Key terminology
  • Principle 2: State obligations on the right to protest
  • Principle 3: Non-discrimination
  • Principle 4: Limited scope of restrictions on the right to protest
  • Principle 5: State of emergency
  • Principle 6: Legal protection of the right to protest
  • Principle 7: Freedom to protest
  • Principle 8: Freedom of location
  • Principle 9: Freedom to choose the form and manner of protests
  • Principle 10: Freedom to choose the cause or issue of protests
  • Principle 11: State duties to facilitate protests
  • Principle 12: State duty to adopt a human rights approach to policing protests
  • Principle 13: State duties regarding the use of force
  • Principle 14: State duties regarding the use of surveillance on protesters
  • Principle 15: State duties regarding stop and search, detention or arrests of protesters
  • Principle 16: State duties regarding liability and sanctions against protesters
  • Principle 17: Accountability and transparency
  • Principle 18: Free flow of information relating to protests
  • Principle 19: Monitoring of and reporting on protests
  • Principle 20: Protesters and other actors

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