A/HRC/32/36/Add.3 Observations Response to communication 557. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Macedonia for responding to the communication sent during this reporting period. 558. Regarding the large number of protestors detained and prosecuted in Skopje, the Special Rapporteur thanks the Government’s for its detailed responses of 30 July 2015 and 18 September 2015 (MKD 2/2015). However, he expresses concern about the excessive use of force by police used to disperse the protestors and their subsequent arrest, detention and the charges issued against them. 559. The Special Rapporteur takes this opportunity to remind the Government of Macedonia that the right to freedom of peaceful assembly is held by each individual participating in an assembly and acts of sporadic violence or offences by some should not be attributed to others whose intentions and behaviour remain peaceful in nature. In this regard, he refers the Government to his recent report on the proper management of assemblies (A/HRC/31/66) and stands ready to provide technical assistance to ensure that the State’s norms comply with international human rights norms and standards governing the right to freedom of assembly. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 560. JAL 22/12/2015. Case no. GBR 4/2015. State reply: 17/02/2016; 10/03/2016. Allegedly a number of provisions contained in a draft bill, namely the draft “Investigatory Powers Bill”, may unduly interfere with the right to privacy, freedom of opinion and expression, and freedom of peaceful assembly and association, both within and outside the United Kingdom. 561. PR 11/01/2016. “UK: UN experts urge review of surveillance bill threatening freedom of expression” Observations Response to communication 562. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of the United Kingdom for responding to the communication sent during this reporting period, in particular the detailed response of 10 March 2016. Investigatory Powers Bill 563. In relation to the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, the draft Bill aims to protect privacy and security by improving transparency and changing the way investigatory powers are authorised and overseen. The Special Rapporteur highlighted concerns about overly broad definitions and disproportionate procedures to authorize surveillance and data retention in the draft Bill (PR 11/01/2016), as explained in his submission to the Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, he notes with appreciation of the consideration of his submission by the Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill in its subsequent Report.5 5 UK Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Report, (2015-16, HL 93, HC 651). 81