{"id":122025,"date":"2022-06-27T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=122025"},"modified":"2022-06-27T14:24:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T18:24:31","slug":"the-right-to-lawful-peaceful-protest-existed-long-before-the-trucker-convoy-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=122025","title":{"rendered":"“The right to lawful peaceful protest existed long before the trucker convoy in Canada.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – right to peaceful assembly<\/h1>\n

UN nation states are bound by International Law<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Our Greater Destiny Blog<\/p>\n

29 July 2020 \/ Human Rights \/ Political and Civil Rights<\/p>\n

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The right to lawful peaceful protest existed long before the trucker convoy in Canada.<\/p>\n

How do you define lawful peaceful protest? The UN Human Rights Committee has a clear answer:<\/p>\n

People have the right to demonstrate peacefully and Governments should respect international law<\/strong> and let them do so, senior UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The legal advice is from the UN Human Rights Committee, whose 18 experts monitor how countries implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.<\/p>\n

The panel\u2019s General Comment, notes that protesters have the right to wear masks or hoods to cover their face and that Governments should not collect personal data to harass or intimidate participants.<\/p>\n

Focus on racial justice<\/h2>\n
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The development comes at a time of worldwide protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and clarifies how \u201cpeaceful assembly\u201d should be understood by the 173 countries which have ratified the Covenant.<\/p>\n

Committee member Christof Heyns, said it was a \u201cfundamental human right\u201d for people to gather to celebrate or to air grievances, \u201cin public and in private spaces, outdoors, indoors and online.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone, including children, foreign nationals, women, migrant workers, asylum seekers and refugees, can exercise the right of peaceful assembly\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

\u2018Generalised references\u2019 are not enough<\/p>\n

ATT:<\/strong> The Committee\u2019s advice also notes that Governments could not prohibit protests by making \u201cgeneralised references to public order or public safety, or an unspecified risk of potential violence\u201d.<\/p>\n

In addition, Governments \u201ccannot block internet networks or close down any website because of their roles in organising or soliciting a peaceful assembly\u201d, according to the Committee. It also stressed the right of journalists and human rights observers to monitor and document any assembly, including violent and unlawful ones.<\/p>\n

General comment No. 37 (2020) on the right of peaceful assembly (article 21)*<\/p>\n

https:\/\/documents-dds-ny.un.org\/doc\/UNDOC\/GEN\/G20\/232\/15\/PDF\/G2023215.pdf?fbclid=IwAR34rLARKpNzRiwqxFMo5BtW4cNulzBkilgHe6bELOk8ddzfV0LNls1_qiM<\/a><\/p>\n

Human Rights Instruments CORE INSTRUMENT UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENT International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ADOPTED 16 December 1966 BY General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/instruments-mechanisms\/instruments\/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights?fbclid=IwAR3HXo8CQW1eEi-0p2rTk-h9KkeQLcN7wnsQAF3GUXEP79Xcmkghcm55RVQ<\/a><\/p>\n

PACTA SUNT SERVANDA<\/h2>\n
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I. CONCLUSION Pacta sunt servanda is not only a central principle of public international law, it is a universal principle of law to be found in all major legal systems.<\/p>\n

It is a principle of Canadian civil and common law. It is to be found in a host of federal and provincial statutes. For this and for the other reasons given, it is incumbent on the Canadian judiciary to adopt an approach to public international law that promotes respect for pacta sunt servanda by recognizing that Canada\u2019s treaty obligations regulate the exercise of executive power in the domestic as well as the international sphere.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/07\/1069211?fbclid=IwAR0JRGcW0GQrqf_1LT_xxHZTJNvx3KoHPlhxg7-aWnZMzKqR0tV4pvQgVPk<\/a><\/p>\n

Peaceful assembly extends to digital activities<\/h2>\n
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Clement Voule : UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association and Peaceful Assembly<\/p>\n

UN expert @cvoule<\/a> [content blocked see screenshot below] welcomes as groundbreaking an authoritative new interpretation that the right to peaceful assembly extends to digital activities. He says it is particularly relevant during covid19 when so many peaceful gatherings have moved online.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2020\/07\/un-expert-welcomes-landmark-protection-online-assembly?LangID=E&NewsID=26134<\/a><\/p>\n

SOURCE:<\/strong> https:\/\/thepowershift.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

UN member states<\/h2>\n
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List of UN member states \u2026. bound by international law.
\nhttps:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/about-us\/member-states<\/a><\/p>\n

UN member state citizens are responsible to ensure government compliance otherwise public silence is consent to crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n

We cannot defeat what we do not understand so please inform others of our international rights. TY!<\/p>\n

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