For his next report to the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai will explore the subject of fundamentalism and the intolerance that it can spur, leading to violations of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. The report will explore many variations of fundamentalism – market, nationalist, political and cultural fundamentalism – essentially any belief system that posits itself as superior to others and makes itself impenetrable to criticism. Potential human rights violations and abuses only arise when fundamentalism is put into action in a way that infringes upon the assembly and association rights of others. Kiai invites states, civil society, multilateral organizations, businesses and members of the general public to submit examples that might be classified as fundamentalism-driven restrictions on assembly and association rights, thoughts, questions and opinions via e-mail in the format of their choice until 31st January, 2016. The report will be presented in June 2016. More information is available here.
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