
Global Report: Freedom of Assembly
Peaceful assembly is a bedrock of democratic institutions. It allows people to bring attention to issues, demand change, and get answers from public officials.
Peaceful assembly is essential to healthy and effective democratic institutions. OGP members are sharing best practices and experiences to protect this fundamental human right.
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Peaceful assembly is the right to express, promote, pursue, and defend common interests collectively without fear of retribution – in public or private, both online and off. Forming a committed bloc of voices and acting as a group endows citizens with recognizable power.
Around a third to a half of OGP countries perform consistently well on freedom of assembly according to independent indicators. At the same time, a third to a half of all OGP governments have challenges to freedom, including restrictions affecting demonstrations and protests and the excessive use of force. Those who face challenges are the least likely to have reforms in place. In fact, this area has the fewest commitments in OGP.
OGP is working to learn from the experiences of countries performing well on freedom of assembly so that best practices can be shared, innovation increased, and leadership showcased.
OGP’s ability to bring together government leaders and civil society advocates offers a pathway forward to address this critical issue.
Peaceful assembly is a bedrock of democratic institutions. It allows people to bring attention to issues, demand change, and get answers from public officials.
Lessons from Reformers: In Northern Ireland, parades, processions, carnivals, and commemorations are core to cultural, political, and religious traditions, but they have been marred by– and are sometimes the impetus for– sectarian violence.
Lecciones de Lost Reformadores: En Irlanda del Norte los desfiles, procesiones y conmemoraciones son parte elemental de sus tradiciones culturales, políticas y religiosas. Desafortunadamente, los desfiles se han viciado y en algunos casos son motivo de violencia. Lo anterior alcanzó su punto máximo durante la temporada anual de desfiles que ocurre entre marzo y agosto.
Leçons à Tirer des Réformateurs : En Irlande du Nord, les défilés, processions, carnavals et commémorations sont au cœur des traditions culturelles, politiques et religieuses. Malheureusement, les défilés ont été entachés par la violence sectaire; ils ont également parfois été le déclencheur.
Space, both physical and intellectual, for people to think, speak, and act freely is shrinking around the world. Today, only four percent of the global population live in countries with open civic space. And threats to civic space within those…
The data below is drawn from the 2019 OGP Global Report. You can view and learn more about the report here.
These are members making OGP commitments to improve their performance in the respective policy area. As members that have demonstrated political commitment through OGP, the next step is ensuring that implemented commitments have maximal impact.
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Peaceful assembly is a bedrock of democratic institutions. It allows people to bring attention to issues, demand change, and get…
2019, Document, PDF
There can be no doubt that we are witnessing a global trend that devalues and restricts the role civil society…
2015, , Web Page
Space, both physical and intellectual, for people to think, speak, and act freely is shrinking around the world. Today, only…
2018, Perspective, Web Page
2010, Outbound Link, Web Page
In CIVICUS' flagship annual publication find hundreds of pages of insight into the key trends affecting civil society organisations (CSOs)…
2019, Outbound Link, Web Page
Find examples of approaches, tools, and strategies from existing cross-disciplinary literature on the transparency, accountability, and civic participation space.
2019, Outbound Link, Web Page
NG0027, 2019, Civic Space
UY0120, 2018, Civic Space
UY0089, 2016, Civic Space
ME0023, 2012, Civic Space
UA0001, 2012, Civic Space
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