UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 62 nd session   Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association 23 June 2026 EU statement   Mr. President, The European Union welcomes Special Rapporteur Romero and thanks her for the report, which analyses the chilling effects of digital surveillance and the erosion of the rights to freedom of assembly and of association.  Chilling effects of arbitrary and unlawful surveillance influences not only