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2 May 2017

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United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

UN Special Rapporteur launches research tool compiling legal arguments on assembly & association rights

"UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai launches FOAA Online! – a web-based collection of legal arguments related to assembly and association rights", 28 Apr 2017

[Former United Nations] Special Rapporteur [on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association] Maina Kiai...announced the launch of FOAA Online!, a web-based legal research tool [to include a] compilation of legal arguments on assembly and association rights. The ready-made legal arguments, which are based on international law, standards and principles, will assist lawyers, activists and judges involved in freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association (FOAA) cases...FOAA Online! – which is available at http://freeassembly.net/foaa-online – is initially being launched with limited content for beta testing...with the complete research tool available expected to be available in late June 2017...