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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

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2023 A/78/246 Importance of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in advancing sustainable peace and democratic transitions
2022 A/77/171 The Essential Role of Social Movements in Building Back Better
2021 A/76/222 Exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association as essential to advancing climate justice.
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

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2022 A/HRC/50/42 Protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests during crisis situations
A/HRC/50/23 Access to resources - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
A/HRC/50/23/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
2021 A/HRC/47/24 Access to justice as an integral element of the protection of rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
A/HRC/47/24/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
A/HRC/47/24/Add.2 Ending Internet shutdowns: a path forward - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
A/HRC/47/24/Add.3 Guidelines for lawyers in support of peaceful assemblies - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
2020 A/HRC/44/50 Ten years protecting civic space worldwide
  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
2019 A/HRC/41/41

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The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the digital age
  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
  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
  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
  A/HRC/32/36/Add.3 Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received
  A/HRC/31/66

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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

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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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  A/HRC/20/27/Add.3 Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received