On the 30th and 31st of May, BCSDN participated at the consultation meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association (FoAA), organized jointly by CIVICUS, ICNL and OHCHR in Johannesburg, South Africa. The consultations addressed the Special Rapporteur’s coming report to the UNGA where – following up on the noted importance of creating an enabling environment for civil society as a key component of the implementation of the Agenda 2030 – the SR seeks to highlight the effects of global phenomenon of shrinking civic space on the achievement of sustainable development. Read more here
Source: BCSDN