The Government presented the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill on 18 March 2020, thereby meeting its 100-day self imposed deadline. Second Reading has been scheduled for 23 September 2020. Aspects of the Bill are already generating controversy.
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Protecting civil society space across the world (208 KB, PDF)
The UN, in its ‘Practical guide for civil society: Civil society space and the United Nations human rights system’, explains:
“Freedoms of expressions, association and peaceful assembly, and the right to participate in public affairs, are human rights that enable people to share ideas, form new ones, and join together with others to claim their rights. It is through the exercise of these public freedoms that we make informed decisions about our economic and social development. It is through these rights that we can take part in civic activiry and build democratic societies. To restrict them undermines our collective progress.”
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Protecting civil society space across the world (208 KB, PDF)
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