Case 83_128
83_128 substantive_scope
128. The Government argue that Article 11 does not apply in the present case
because the demonstration was not peaceful. The Court notes an individual
does not cease to enjoy the right to peaceful assembly as a result of sporadic
violence or other punishable acts committed by others in the course of the
demonstration, if the individual in question remains peaceful in his or her
own intentions or behaviour (see the Ezelin v. France, Comm. Report