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"Participants in assemblies must have clear and effective avenues to bring legal action against authorities where their right to freedom of peaceful assembly is infringed, including in cases involving the illegitimate banning or imposing of restrictions on assemblies; violence or retaliations against assembly participants, their family members, journalists or observers; mass surveillance; harassment; and public defamation and smear campaigns."

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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. 6.b

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

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Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by a competent national tribunal for acts that violate his or her rights or freedoms.
Effective redress requires disputes to be dealt with in a timely manner.