Summary
There should be no requirement to obtain a permission to hold an assembly.
Obligations
Election Parts
Quotes
- Having to apply for permission from the authorities undercuts the idea that peaceful assembly is a basic right.
- Where authorization regimes persist in domestic law, they must in practice function as a system of notification, with authorization being granted as a matter of course, in the absence of compelling reasons to do otherwise. Notification regimes, for their part, must not in practice function as authorization systems.