The Right to Public Participation - a human rights law update

Public participation is based on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association, coupled with the right to take part in public affairs. All are well-established provisions in international human rights law. However new elements, supplementary to these rights, are emanating from the instruments of special groups as well as from social and economic rights. This report provides an update on this dynamic development with a focus on the upcoming ‘right to consultation’.