Christof Heyns discusses drafting General Comment #37 to the ICCPR on Peaceful Assembly

December 8, 2020
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Check out our new video of UN expert Christof Heyns, and watch him and World Movement Steering Committee member Hassan Shire discuss the process of drafting of General Comment #37 on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly. They recount how the right to receive funding was included in that statement, and what implications that has for civil society, as well as new UN guidelines on the use of less than lethal weapons in law enforcement.

To watch, click here.