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"Full exercise of the right must be the norm; the right may only be restricted where the test for the implementation of restrictions under international law is met, namely that the restrictions in question are provided for by law, serve a legitimate interests recognised by international human rights law, and are a necessary and proportionate means of protecting that interest."

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UN (OHCHR), OAS, OSCE (ODIHR), ACHPR, OAS (IACHR), OSCE: Joint Declaration on the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association , para. 1.b

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Joint Declaration on the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association

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Freedom of assembly may be restricted under certain circumstances as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society.