Disproportionate Measures
The Court has consistently found violations of Article 11 in cases where disproportionate measures were taken against participants and organizers of peaceful public assemblies. These measures often included arrests, detentions, and administrative convictions. The Court has explicitly found that such interferences were not "necessary in a democratic society" (
23_114,
26_103,
30_104,
118_100,
120_75,
121_31,
143_63,
177_36,
279_9,
286_10,
305_1,
305_10,
312_47,
312_49,
312_52,
313_63,
313_64,
313_70,
313_71,
313_72,
313_73,
314_38,
314_39,
315_23,
316_25,
316_27,
316_50,
316_51,
316_53,
316_54,
318_27,
319_5,
319_7,
321_6,
323_31,
323_222,
324_27,
326_1,
326_8,
328_13,
328_34,
329_1,
329_5,
329_11,
330_6,
330_7,
331_1,
331_7,
331_8,
332_14,
332_21,
336_1,
336_65,
336_97,
336_98,
337_20,
337_23,
338_7,
339_1,
339_5,
339_8,
340_47,
340_48,
340_49,
341_93,
341_94,
341_95,
341_96,
341_97,
341_98,
341_99,
344_54,
354_46,
364_55,
364_56,
364_57,
364_58,
364_59,
364_60,
364_61,
364_62,
364_63,
364_64,
364_65,
364_66,
364_67,
364_68,
364_69,
364_70,
364_71,
364_72,
364_73,
365_41,
365_43,
366_6,
366_10,
367_68,
367_70,
368_35,
368_47,
369_12,
369_19,
369_22,
370_37,
370_38,
371_1,
371_38,
372_20,
374_11,
374_21,
375_7,
375_8,
376_72,
376_194,
377_72,
378_23,
379_51,
380_1,
380_5,
380_30,
380_32,
380_66,
381_20,
383_30,
383_31,
383_209,
383_210,
383_211,
383_212,
383_213,
383_214,
384_5,
384_7,
384_15,
384_16,
385_6,
386_8,
389_50,
389_52,
390_7,
391_111,
392_495,
392_496,
392_497,
392_498,
392_499,
392_500,
392_501,
392_502,
392_503,
392_504,
392_505,
393_14,
393_35,
393_36,
393_39,
394_25,
394_26,
395_1,
395_16,
396_43,
396_48,
397_87,
399_19,
399_20,
399_21).
Specific Cases
The Court has found specific violations in cases involving disproportionate measures against participants and organizers, such as in Frumkin v. Russia, Lashmankin and Others v. Russia, Tsvetkova and Others v. Russia, Navalnyy and Yashin v. Russia, and Kasparov and Others v. Russia (
513_10,
515_10,
516_11,
547_10,
548_10,
564_10,
570_11,
589_10,
597_13,
673_9).