ICCPR Recommendations 2024, paragraph 53
Plain English recommendation
Original UN recommendation
In accordance with the Committee’s general comment No. 37 (2020) on the right of peaceful assembly, the State party should review and consider amending its legislation, including the Public Order Act 2023, to ensure that individuals fully enjoy their right of peaceful assembly and to guarantee that any restrictions of that right comply with the strict requirements of article 21 of the Covenant. It should ensure that individuals who exercise their right of peaceful assembly are not prosecuted and punished for exercising their rights, and that those detained are immediately released and provided with adequate compensation. Furthermore, the State party should end the use of facial recognition and other mass surveillance technologies by law enforcement agencies at protests, in order to safeguard privacy, non-discrimination, freedom of expression and association and assembly rights for protesters.
Date of UN examination
03/05/2024
Original UN document
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