UNB, Dhaka :
Two United Nations Human Rights experts presented a new report to the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, offering extensive recommendations to States and police forces around the world on how best to manage public gatherings.
“The proper management of assemblies can, in many cases, serve to prevent an escalation of the situation and the eventual outbreak of violence,” said the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, and the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai.
They believe that proper precautions and preparations can help protect the rights of all concerned-demonstrators, bystanders and police, according to a message received here from Geneva. The report is the result of consultations with more than 50 States and 100 experts from civil society, academia, protest groups, national human rights institutions and police forces.
“Our many conversations with States and experts confirmed that the ability to meet and act collectively is vital to democratic development and to the expression of ideas,” Kiai said. Human Rights are
often violated in the context of assemblies, sometimes unintentionally. These recommendations are aimed at providing all involved with a common frame of reference of how this world-wide form of expression should be approached.
Two United Nations Human Rights experts presented a new report to the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, offering extensive recommendations to States and police forces around the world on how best to manage public gatherings.
“The proper management of assemblies can, in many cases, serve to prevent an escalation of the situation and the eventual outbreak of violence,” said the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, and the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai.
They believe that proper precautions and preparations can help protect the rights of all concerned-demonstrators, bystanders and police, according to a message received here from Geneva. The report is the result of consultations with more than 50 States and 100 experts from civil society, academia, protest groups, national human rights institutions and police forces.
“Our many conversations with States and experts confirmed that the ability to meet and act collectively is vital to democratic development and to the expression of ideas,” Kiai said. Human Rights are
often violated in the context of assemblies, sometimes unintentionally. These recommendations are aimed at providing all involved with a common frame of reference of how this world-wide form of expression should be approached.
