Freedom of peaceful assembly, sometimes used interchangeably with the freedom of association, is the individual right or ability of people to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue, and defend their collective or shared ideas. The right to freedom of association is recognized as a human right, a political right and a civil liberty. The terms ''freedom of assembly'' and ''freedom of association'' may be used to distinguish between the freedom to assemble in public places and the freedom to join an association. Freedom of assembly is often used in the context of the

right to protest The right to protest may be a manifestation of the right to freedom of assembly, the right to freedom of association, and the right to freedom of speech. Additionally, protest and restrictions on protest have lasted as long as governments have. ...

, while freedom of association is used in the context of labor rights and in the Constitution of the United States is interpreted to mean both the freedom to assemble and the freedom to join an association.

Human rights instruments

Freedom of assembly is included in, among others, the following human rights instruments: * Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Article 20 * International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – Article 21 * European Convention on Human Rights – Article 11 * American Convention on Human Rights – Article 15 National and regional constitutions that recognize freedom of assembly include: * Bangladesh – Articles 37 and 38 of the Constitution of Bangladesh guarantee the freedom of association and assembly. * Brazil – Article 5 of the

Constitution of Brazil The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil ( pt, Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil) is the supreme law of Brazil. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of Brazil and the feder ...

* Canada – S. 2 of the '' Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms'' which forms part of the '' Constitution Act, 1982'' * France – Article 431-1 of the ''Nouveau Code Pénal'' * Germany – Article 8 GG ( Grundgesetz, Basic Law) * Hungary – Article VIII (1) of the Fundamental Law * India – Fundamental Rights in India * Indonesia – Article 28E(3) of the

Constitution of Indonesia The 1945 State Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Undang-Undang Dasar Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945, commonly abbreviated as ''UUD 1945'' or ''UUD '45'') is the supreme law and basis for all laws of Indonesia. The constitu ...

* Ireland – Article 40.6.1° of the Constitution, as enumerated under the heading "Fundamental Rights" * Italy – Article 17 of the Constitution *

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

– Article 21 of the Constitution of Japan * Macau Basic Law - Article 27 * Malaysia – Article 10 of the Constitution of Malaysia * Mexico – Article 9 of the Constitution of Mexico * New Zealand – Section 16 New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 * Norway – Section 101 of the

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* Pakistan - Article 16 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 * Philippines – Article III, Section 4 of the

Constitution of the Philippines The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino: ''Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas'' or ''Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas'', Spanish: ''Constitución de la República de Filipinas'') is the constitution or the supreme law of the Republic of the Philippines ...

* Poland – Article 57 of the Constitution of Poland * Russia – Articles 30 and 31 of the Constitution of Russia guarantee the freedom of association and peaceful assembly. *

South Africa Bill of Rights Chapter Two of the Constitution of South Africa contains the Bill of Rights, a bill of rights, human rights charter that protects the civil and political rights, civil, political and Economic, social and cultural rights, socio-economic rights ...

– Article 17 * Spain – Article 21 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 *

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

– Chapter 2 of The Instrument of Government * Taiwan (

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

) – Article 14 guarantees freedom of assembly and association. * Turkey – Articles 33 and 34 of the

Constitution of Turkey The Constitution of the Republic of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası), also known as the Constitution of 1982, is Turkey's fundamental law. It establishes the organization of the government and sets out the principles and rules of ...

guarantee the freedom of association and assembly. * UAE – The UAE Constitution protects freedom of peaceful assembly. * United States – First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

References

External links

Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly
OSCE/ODIHR, 2007 *
Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly (2nd edition)
Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR, 2010 {{Authority control Human rights by issue

Human rights instruments

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