This year, we are celebrating one of the most important anniversaries: The world’s core international human rights treaties are turning 50. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) were both adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 16, 1966. The ICCPR, of course, enshrines the international rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in articles 21 and 22, respectively. The ICESCR, protects the right to form trade unions and to strike. Adoption and implementation have been imperfect, no doubt. But the ICCPR and ICESCR – together with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – represent the most ambitious and collaborative attempts at defining and upholding human rights in human history. To that end, Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on assembly and association is launching a campaign to help breathe some life into this birthday party. It is dubbed #FOAAat50, and everyone is invited to take part by doing three simple things: Creating, celebrating and sharing. More information is available here.
Source: Freeassembly.net
