This 2015 policy paper by Daniel Smilov analyzes popular sovereignty and protests in Bulgaria, Russia, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine, along with 10 major policy implications of these protests.

Despite clear protections in the Constitution, the fundamental right to freedom of peaceful assembly in Burundi is framed by a very restrictive law enacted on December 5, 2013: The law on assemblies and public demonstrations.

This report from Freedom House analyzes instances of mass social protests in 12 countries in order to identify best practices in promoting and protecting the right to peaceful assembly.

These Guidelines, published in 2015, aim to ensure that legislation is drafted with the purpose of promoting the establishment and existence of associations, enabling their operation and facilitating their aims and activities.

The constitutional guarantee of freedom of assembly is supplemented by a wide range of secondary legislation in Turkey.

This country note by Caterina Scuderi reviews constitutional provisions and two other main laws regulating assemblies in Italy.

On 16 August 2012, members of the South African Police Service (“SAPS”) lethally shot 34 people at Lonmin Mine, Marikana.

The respect for the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association has long been tenuous in Russia.

This 2014 Amnesty International report raises human rights concerns on law enforcement response to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, such as intimation of protestors, dispersal of protests, restrictions on media and accountability of law enforcement.

This report presents the findings of the monitoring of public events undertaken by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in selected OSCE participating States between May 2013 and July 2014.