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More Americans are looking to international #HumanRights as a framework and vocabulary for addressing #policing and peaceful #protests.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee just issued a major new statement.
Highlights...
#PortlandProtest
justsecurity.org/71754/u-n-huma…
More Americans are looking to international #HumanRights as a framework and vocabulary for addressing #policing and peaceful #protests.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee just issued a major new statement.
Highlights...
#PortlandProtest
justsecurity.org/71754/u-n-huma…
2/2 “Yes, the right of protest is protected (para. 6). No, the fact that agents provocateurs or some other individuals resort to violence does not justify the banning of all demonstrations or an ongoing demonstration (para. 18).”
3/3 “No, a demonstration does not lose its peaceful nature merely if its participants contest some measures or orders by law enforcement authorities (paras. 15-17).”
4/4 “Yes, law enforcement officials have a role to play but primarily in facilitating and protecting demonstrations (para. 74).”
5/5 “No, the indiscriminate use of firearms is never permissible but where use of force becomes genuinely necessary, it must be based on proper training and an aim to deescalate tension, and it must use only minimally harmful means (para. 78).”
