Rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

Main international standards

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights: article 20(1)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: articles 21 and 22
• General Comment 25 (Article 25) of the Human Rights Committee (participation in public affairs and the right to vote)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: article 8
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: articles 4 and 5(viii)
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: article 7(c)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child: article 15
• International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: article 26
• International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance: article 24(7)
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: article 29
• International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Convention No.  87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise
• ILO’s Convention No. 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining
• ILO’s Convention No. 135 on Workers’ Representatives
• Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms): article 5

Main regional standards

• African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights: articles 10 and 11
• African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: article 8
• American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man: articles 21 and 22
• American Convention on Human Rights: articles 15 and 16
• European Convention on Human Rights: article 11
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: article 12
• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Council of Europe's Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission): Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly (2nd edition)
• OSCE/ Venice Commission: Guidelines on Political Party Regulation