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Legal Terms – Freedom of Association
Article 11 of the *European Convention on Human Rights and the *Human Rights Act 1998 safeguard the freedom of peaceful assembly and association, encompassing the right to participate in peaceful protests and demonstrations, as well as to establish and join trade unions and analogous organizations (Wilson v UK [2002] 1 IRLR 568 (ECHR)). It is a conditional right. The state is obligated to safeguard demonstrators from individuals intent on obstructing their assembly or assaulting them (Plattform Ärzte für das Leben v Austria (1988) 13 EHRR 204).
Article 11 of the *European Convention on Human Rights and the *Human Rights Act 1998 safeguard the freedom of peaceful assembly and association, encompassing the right to participate in peaceful protests and demonstrations, as well as to establish and join trade unions and analogous organizations (Wilson v UK [2002] 1 IRLR 568 (ECHR)). It is a conditional right. The state is obligated to safeguard demonstrators from individuals intent on obstructing their assembly or assaulting them (Plattform Ärzte für das Leben v Austria (1988) 13 EHRR 204).
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