Written contribution for the report on “freedom of assembly and association rights, collective action and human solidarity facing existential threat: preserving the fundamental principles”

The Fide Research, Monitoring and Reporting (FAIR) Association, established in 2024 in Ankara, Türkiye, is an  independent human rights organisation committed to advancing universal human rights and freedoms. FAIR focuses on rigorous documentation, evidence-based reporting and strategic advocacy. It adopts a rights-based, inclusive and gender-sensitive approach in all activities. FAIR’s mission is to strengthen civic space in Türkiye by highlighting and countering systemic violations.

This submission is prepared in response to the call of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, who seeks to understand the existential threats posed to civic space in the wake of a global aid crisis and rising authoritarianism. The report is grounded in FAIR’s ongoing monitoring efforts in Türkiye and structured according to the thematic focus areas outlined by the Special Rapporteur.

For the full text of the contribution: FAIR – SR Freedom of Peaceful Assembly & Association Submission