### Excessive Discretion and Arbitrary Use of Powers

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has consistently criticized domestic laws that grant excessively broad discretion to executive authorities, particularly in the context of proposing changes to the location of public events. Such broad discretion can lead to arbitrary and discriminatory use of powers, undermining the principle of accessibility (47_98, 47_99, 47_100, 47_101, 112_84, 112_85, 121_34, 121_35, 121_36, 149_70, 149_71, 196_72, 553_60).

Unfulfilled Accessibility Requirements

#Legal Provisions Not Meeting Quality of Law Requirements

In one case, the Court concluded that the interference with the applicant’s freedom of assembly was based on legal provisions that did not meet the Convention’s "quality of law" requirements. This indicates that the provisions were not sufficiently accessible or clear, leading to arbitrary interference (466_50).

General Principles

The ECtHR requires that for a restriction on the freedom of assembly to be "prescribed by law," the law must be adequately accessible. This means that individuals must be able to find and understand the legal provisions that constrain their freedom of assembly. The law must be published and available in a manner that allows individuals to understand the legal constraints on their actions.