A/HRC/41/41/Add.4 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 May 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-first session 24 June–12 July 2019 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Armenia 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 conducted an official visit to Armenia from 7 to 16 November 2018 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 32/32. Following two introductory sections, in sections III and IV the Special Rapporteur refers to a number of challenges and good practices in law and in practice in relation to the exercise of the rights under his mandate. Section V addresses the importance of guaranteeing the right of association and peaceful assembly in a democratic transition Finally, in section VI, the Special Rapporteur formulates conclusions and recommendations. * 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. ** Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.19-07795(E) 