A/HRC/17/28* Contents Page I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1–2 3 II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur ....................................................................... 3–11 3 III. A. Communications ............................................................................................. 3 3 B. Visits............................................................................................................... 4–6 3 C. Press releases .................................................................................................. 7–9 4 D. International and national meetings ................................................................ 10 4 E. Sri Lanka video............................................................................................... 11 4 Protecting the right to life in the context of policing assemblies ............................ 12–133 5 A. Background and rationale ............................................................................... 12–23 5 B. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur in protecting the right to life in the context of assemblies ............................................................................ 24–27 7 C. Applicable international legal standards ......................................................... 28–74 7 D. Domestic application of international norms in protecting the right to life when policing assemblies ......................................................................... 75–104 14 Socio-legal approaches to protecting the right to life in the context of assemblies: evolving understanding of crowd behaviour ........................... 105–118 17 F. Policing protest: evolving principles .............................................................. 119 18 G. Some entry points for assembly law reform ................................................... 120–133 19 IV. Conclusions............................................................................................................. 134–141 21 V. Recommendations ................................................................................................... 142–145 22 E. 2 Paragraphs