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Council of Europe Commissioner urges rights-compliant protest policing
Original: Commissioner O'Flaherty calls for the protection of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and human rights-compliant policing
Michael O'Flaherty, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, has issued a call for governments to protect the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to ensure policing of protests complies with human rights standards. The statement stresses that demonstrators must be able to gather without excessive force, and that law enforcement should follow international norms when managing public assemblies.
Why now: Concerns about how authorities police protests and handle assemblies are prompting renewed attention to the Commissioner's appeal.
Michael O'FlahertyCouncil of Europe
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- Commissioner O'Flaherty calls for the protection of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and human rights-compliant policing · www.coe.int
- Commissioner O'Flaherty calls for the protection of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and human rights-compliant policing · www.coe.int
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