Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Merit's Courts (Italy) - Tribunale di Genova

Date: 12/04/2007

Subject: Through the exam of the responsibility of the people accused of clashing with the police during the demonstrations against the G8 meeting in July 2001, the Court highlights the responsibility of the States, in the light of the ECHR and the Court of Strasbourg’s case law, with regard to the duty to guarantee the right to assembly, which also includes the duty to avoid unjustified interventions of the police during demonstrations. The Court ascertains the existence of such duty of the police

Original language: Italian

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 12 Freedom of assembly

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