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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

There should be no requirement to obtain a permission to hold an assembly.


Obligations

  • Freedom of Assembly

Election Parts

  • Legal Framework
  • Candidacy and Campaigning

Issues

  • Campaigning Without Interference

Criteria

  • Restrictions on the campaign activities were proportionate, non-discriminatory, and subject to prompt independent and impartial judicial review

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.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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