Thematic Annual Reports
Every year the Special Rapporteur is required to submit a report to the Human Rights Council and to the General Assembly covering the activities relating to his mandate, containing recommendations and providing suggestions on ways and means to better promote and protect the right to freedom of assembly and peaceful protest.
Annual Reports by the Special Rapporteur to the UN General Assembly
Year |
Document symbol |
Content of Report |
| 2020 |
A/75/184 | Celebrating women in activism and civil society: the enjoyment of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association by women and girls. |
| 2019 |
A/74/349
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| The interlinkages between closing civil society space, poverty, national policy and the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. |
| 2018 |
A/73/279 | The linkages between the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |
| 2017 |
A/72/135 | The Special Rapporteur's vision of the mandate |
| 2016 |
A/71/385 | The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the workplace |
| 2015 |
A/70/266 | Comparative study of enabling environments for businesses and associations |
| 2014 |
A/69/365 | The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of multilateral institutions |
| 2013 |
A/68/299 | The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of elections |
Annual Reports by the Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Council
Year |
Document symbol |
Content of Report |
| 2020 |
A/HRC/44/50 | Ten years protecting civic space worldwide |
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A/HRC/44/50/Add.4 | Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
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| 2019 |
A/HRC/41/41
View report page | The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the digital age |
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A/HRC/41/41/Add.1 | Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association |
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A/HRC/41/41/Add.2 | Civil society participation in the implementation of Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association |
| 2018 |
A/HRC/38/34 | Trends with regard to the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association |
| 2017 |
A/HRC/35/28 | The Achievements of Civil Society |
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A/HRC/35/28/Add.3 | Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received |
| 2016 |
A/HRC/32/36 | Fundamentalism and its impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association |
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A/HRC/32/36/Add.3 | Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received |
A/HRC/31/66
View report page | Joint compilation of practical recommendations for the proper management of assemblies
Addendum of select sources and illustrative practical examples
This report was done as the result of the implementation of resolution 25/38 through
joint project conducted by two Special Rapporteurs. |
| 2015 |
A/HRC/29/25
View report page | The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects
Questionnaires and responses received from
Member-States, from
civil society and from
businesses |
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A/HRC/29/25/Add.3 | Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received |
| 2014 |
A/HRC/26/29 | Challenges faced by groups most at risk when exercising or seeking to exercise the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and/or of association |
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A/HRC/26/29/Add.1 | Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received |
| 2013 |
A/HRC/23/39 | Ability of associations to access financial resources as a vital part of the right to freedom of association & Ability to hold peaceful assemblies as an integral component of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly |
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A/HRC/23/39/Add.2 | Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received |
| 2012 |
A/HRC/20/27 | Best practices that promote and protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association |
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A/HRC/20/27/Add.1 | Responses to the questionnaire sent on best practices related to the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association |
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A/HRC/20/27/Add.3 | Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received |
