Case 3_92
3_92 substantive_scope
92. The Comntission accepts that the freedom of peaceful assembly covers
not only static meetings, but also public processions . It is moreover a freedom
capable of being exercised not only by the individual participants of such
denionstration, but also by those organising it . including a corporate body
such as the applicant association
. Under Article I1 (1) of the Convention, the right to freedom of peacefu l
assembly is secured to everyone who has the intention of organising a peaceful
demonstration . In the Commission's opinion the possibility of violent counter-
demonstrations, or the possibility of extremists with violent intentions, not
members of the organising association, joining the demonstration cannot as
such take away that right . Even iP there is a real risk of a public procession
resttlting in disorder by developments outside the control of those organising
it. such procession does not for this reason alone fall outside the scope of