MIAMI — A law passed by Florida Republicans in reaction to the protests that erupted across the U.S. in the summer of 2020 restricts “the right to peaceful assembly,” according to a report released Tuesday by a United Nations committee tasked with monitoring human rights across the globe.
“The Committee is concerned about reports of increasing legislative measures and initiatives at the state level that unduly restrict the right to peaceful assembly following anti-racism protests in recent years, such as the HB1 Combating Public Disorder law in Florida,” the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) report states.
Included in the report, which mostly focused on broader issues in the United States and several other countries, including Azerbaijan, Benin and Nicaragua, was a recommendation that the U.S. “take all necessary measures to ensure the exercise of the right to peaceful assembly without any discrimination.”
