A/HRC/44/50/Add.2
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
22 May 2020
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-fourth session
15 June–3 July 2020
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Visit to Zimbabwe
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful
assembly and of association*, **
Summary
The Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of
association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, conducted an official visit to Zimbabwe from 17
to 27 September 2019 to assess the situation of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly
and of association in the country, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 15/21 and
41/12.
Following two introductory sections, in sections III and IV the Special Rapporteur
refers to a number of good practices and challenges in law and in practice regarding the
exercise of the rights under his mandate.
Finally, in section V, the Special Rapporteur offers his conclusions and
recommendations.
* The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect recent developments.
** The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is
annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission only.
GE.20-06971(E)
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