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Summary
The present report by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Gina Romero, addresses concerns about the widespread repression and erosion of protection of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of the 2023–2025 “super election” cycle. In the report, the Special Rapporteur calls for the increased protection of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, highlights their essential role in the effective exercise of the rights to participate in political and public life, including in electoral processes, and in the realization of the right to vote and be elected in genuine elections, and calls for a pushback against the global democratic backsliding.