UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association to present 2016 Report to the UN General Assembly
On Thursday 20 October 2016, Mr. Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association will present his report "The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the workplace" to the UN General Assembly.
13 October 2016
In this year’s report, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association examines the exercise and enjoyment of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the workplace, with a focus on the most marginalized portions of the world’s labour force, including global supply chain workers, informal workers, migrant workers, domestic workers and others.
The UN Special Rapporteur writes in his report that “Our world and its globalized economy are changing at a lightning pace, and it is critical that the tools we use to protect to labour rights adapt just as quickly,” and stresses that “A first step towards this goal is to obliterate the antiquated and artificial distinction between labour rights and human rights generally. Labour rights are human rights, and the ability to exercise these rights in the workplace is prerequisite for workers to enjoy a broad range of other rights, whether economic, social, cultural, political or otherwise.”
Read the 2016 Report.
Know more about the Special Rapporteur’s mandate.
“Our world and its globalized economy are changing at a lightning pace, and it is critical that the tools we use to protect to labour rights adapt just as quickly.”
The UN Special Rapporteur writes in his report that “Our world and its globalized economy are changing at a lightning pace, and it is critical that the tools we use to protect to labour rights adapt just as quickly,” and stresses that “A first step towards this goal is to obliterate the antiquated and artificial distinction between labour rights and human rights generally. Labour rights are human rights, and the ability to exercise these rights in the workplace is prerequisite for workers to enjoy a broad range of other rights, whether economic, social, cultural, political or otherwise.”
Read the 2016 Report.
Know more about the Special Rapporteur’s mandate.