Mass protests

Case-Law Guide


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28/02/26
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Transversal Theme Updates


Cases selected for updating the Case-Law Guide.

Batou v. Switzerland, no. 30781/22

07/05/26

Criminal conviction of the applicant, as the organiser of a peaceful demonstration, for not having put in place an adequate security service as required by the conditions laid down in the demonstration permit.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Tsaava and Others v. Georgia [GC], nos. 13186/20 and 4 others

11/12/25

Dispersal of a demonstration, also with the use of kinetic impact projectiles by the police, in front of the Georgian Parliament in June 2019, during which the twenty-six applicants – mostly demonstrators and journalists – were injured.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Farmanyan and Others v. Armenia, nos. 15998/11 and 8 others

18/09/25

Deaths of the applicants’ relatives as a result of injuries sustained during the mass protests after the 2008 presidential election.
Judgment


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