Case 340_47
340_47 substantive_scope
47. As to the first applicant’s complaints under Articles 10 and 11 of the
Convention, taken separately or in conjunction with Article 14, the Court
observes that legal entities can, in principle, be affected in the exercise of
their own right to freedom of expression and to freedom of peaceful
assembly (see, for instance, Ukrainian Media Group v. Ukraine,
no. 72713/01, §§ 38-70, 29 March 2005, and Christians against Racism and
Fascism v. the United Kingdom, no. 8440/78, Commission decision of
16 July 1980, Decisions and Reports 21, p. 138). The Court further observes
that, in the particular circumstances of the present case, the factual core of
which is based on the attacks on a peaceful assembly, the scope of the
protection under Article 10 of the Convention is not autonomous but rather
contingent upon that of Article 11 (compare with Kakabadze and Others
v. Georgia, no. 1484/07, § 83, 2 October 2012).