Selected recent cases of the European Court of Human Rights on Article 11 (Freedom of assembly and association), 2018-2023

Selected recent cases of the European Court of Human Rights on Article 11 (Freedom of assembly and association), 2018-2023:

1. Association of Academics v. Iceland, no. 2451/16, 15 May 2018 – right to collective bargaining of teachers, no violation;
2. Lazaridou v. Greece, no. 59142/16, 28 June 2018 – violence by police officers, no violation
3. Ognevenko v. Russia, no. 44873/09, 20 November 2018 – right to strike, dismissal of employee, violation;
4. Forcadell i Lluis and others v Spain, no. 75147/17, 7 May 2019 – admissibility decision, denial of freedom of assembly in the Catalan parliament, no violation;
5. Razvozzhayev v. Russia and Ukraine and Udaltsov v. Russia, nos. 75734/12 2695/15 55325/15, 19 November 2019, criminal conviction of the applicants for engineering “mass disorder” at the protest on 6 May 2012 in Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square, violation found as to the second applicant;
6. Zakharov and Varzhabetyan v. Russia, nos. 35880/14 and 75926/17, 13 October 2020, ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators, violation;
7. Laguna Guzman v. Spain, no. 41462/17, 6 October 2020 – ill-treatment of applicant by police, violation;
8. Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) and Norwegian Transport Workers’ Union (NTF) v. Norway, no. 45487/17, 10 June 2021 – boycott, no violation;
9. Berladir and others v. Rússia, no. 34202/06, 10 July 2021 – police violence against protest at rally of political party, violation;
10. Shmorgunov and Others v. Ukraine, Lutsenko and Verbytskyy v. Ukraine, Kadura and Smaliy v. Ukraine, Dubovtsev and Others v. Ukraine and Vorontsov and Others v. Ukraine, no. 9078/14, 15367/14, 16280/14 et al., 21 January 2021 – ill-treatment of protesters at Maidan protests in 2013 and 2014;
11. Lopez Martinez v. Spain, no. 32897/16, 9 March 2021, ill-treatment of a customer of café bar, violation;
12. Mikeladze and Others v. Georgia, no. 54217/16, 16 November 2021 – assembly by local Muslim community, police violence – violation,
13. Demokrat Parti v. Turkey, no. 8372/10, 7 September 2021, admissibility decision, discrimination concerning public funding of political party, no violation;
14. The Committee for the organisation and for the registration of the Romanian Communist Party v. Romania, no. 20401/15, 30 November 2021 – admissibility decision, denial of registration of the political party, violation;
15. Yakut Republican Trade-Union Federation v. Russia, no. 29582/09, 7 December 2021 – prohibition of unionization of working prisoners, violation;
16. Associazione Politica Nazionale Lista Marco Pannella et Radicali Italiani v. Italy and Associazione Politica Nazionale Lista Marco Pannella v. Italy, no. 66984/14, 31 August 2021 – denial of participation of representatives of political party at debates at public broadcaster, access to effective remedy – violation as to effective remedy and exclusion from political debates;
17. Communauté genevoise d’action syndicale (CGAS) v. Switzerland, no. 21881/20, 15 March 2022, covid-19, ban on assemblies, violation;
18. Vlahov v. Croatia, no. 31163/16, 5 May 2022 – conviction of an applicant for preventing other individuals from joining a trade union, violation;
19. Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi v. Turkey, no. 41955/14, 10 May 2022, organisation of congresses, no violation;
20. Association of Civil Servants and Union for Collective Bargaining and Others v. Germany, nos. 815/18 and al., 5 July 2022 – right to establish and join trade unions, no violation;
21. Navalnyy and others v. Russia, nos. 25809/17 and 14 others, 20 October 2022, peaceful assemblies, violation of freedom of assembly found in 15 cases;
22. Dmitriyeva and other 19 applications v. Russia, no. 30607/18, 30 March 2023 – peaceful assemblies, violation of freedom of assembly found in 20 cases.