UN Denounces Abuse of Free Assembly Rights for Water Protectors Standing Against DAPL

Type: 
Literature
Publication: 
UN Denounces Abuse of Free Assembly Rights for Water Protectors Standing Against DAPL. ICTMN. 2016.
Year Published: 
2016
Organization: 
Indian Country Today
Description: 

The militarized response to water protectors’ efforts to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline through sacred burial grounds and underneath a key water source constitutes “excessive force” that is directly at odds with the right to assemble peacefully, a key United Nations expert has ruled

Category: 
climate change, fossil fuels, carbon emissions, civil rights, self-determination, sovereignty, planning, policy, international law, water, oil, pipeline