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Human Rights: Key Convention Provisions

Article 11 and freedom of peaceful assembly and association

  • 3 things to know
  • A2 Units 3 and 4

Overview

Recall questions on why the word peaceful matters, counter-demonstrations, the extra restriction the second paragraph permits, DPP v Jones, Laporte and Austin, trade union membership, and whether striking is protected.

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Key term

Why does the word peaceful matter in Article 11?

Key term

List the legitimate aims set out in Article 11(2).

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What did DPP v Jones (1999) decide?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    State what Article 11(1) protects.

    Model answer

    It protects freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association with others, including the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of one's interests.

  2. 2

    Why does the word peaceful matter in Article 11?

    Model answer

    An assembly whose organisers or participants intend violence falls outside the article altogether, so the state never has to justify acting against it.

  3. 3

    Does the risk of a violent counter-demonstration take an assembly outside Article 11?

    Model answer

    No, an assembly does not lose protection because other people may react violently, and the state instead comes under a duty to allow it to go ahead.

  4. 4

    Which case established the positive obligation to protect a lawful demonstration?

    Model answer

    Plattform Ärzte für das Leben v Austria (1988) held that genuine and effective freedom of assembly requires the state to take reasonable and appropriate measures to shield demonstrators from counter-demonstrators.

  5. 5

    List the legitimate aims set out in Article 11(2).

    Model answer

    National security or public safety, the prevention of disorder or crime, the protection of health or morals, and the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.

  6. 6

    What additional restriction does Article 11(2) permit that the other qualified articles do not?

    Model answer

    It allows lawful restrictions to be placed on the exercise of these freedoms by members of the armed forces, of the police, or of the administration of the state.

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