Mass protests

Case-Law Guide


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28/02/26
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Transversal Theme Updates


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Rainbow Mission Foundation and Others v. Hungary, nos. 32272/21 and 4 others

07/07/26

Prohibition, on the basis of a general ban on public gatherings, of small-scale demonstrations planned by the applicant association and the first applicant during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and prosecution and sanctioning of the three remaining applicants for administrative offences (lack of prior notification and/or sounding car horns) regarding their participation in demonstrations during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Judgment


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


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