Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association
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Central Unitaria de Traballadores/as v. Spain, no. 49363/20
Ban on a demonstration organised by the applicant trade union for 1 May 2020, during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the participants’ readiness to demonstrate in a convoy of cars and wearing masks and gloves.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Dianova and Others v. Russia, nos. 21286/15 and 4 others
Termination of a five-day hunger strike in a public space and ensuing administrative conviction for participation in an unauthorised “public event”.
Judgment
Andrey Rylkov Foundation and Others v. Russia, nos. 37949/18 and 84 others
Designation of applicant NGOs as “undesirable” not “prescribed by law”, being both unforeseeable and arbitrary.
Judgment
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Related Key Theme(s) from other Article / Transversal Theme pages
- Mass protests and the right to a fair trial (Mass protests)
Useful Materials
- Freedom of assembly and association (no. CDH(74)39
- Freedom of assembly and association (no. DH(56)16)
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