Problem Issues of Implementation of the Constitutional Right to Peaceful Assembly

Andrii Pravdiuk

Abstract

The article examines the problems of constitutional and legal regulation of peaceful assemblies of citizens in Ukraine. Constitutional norms that guarantee freedom of peaceful assembly are analyzed. The primary normative documents that regulate the holding of peaceful assemblies in Ukraine are considered. The legal content of the concept of "peaceful assembly", the main approaches to its interpretation in the science of constitutional law and international legal doctrine are revealed. The importance of implementing international legal standards to ensure the right to peaceful assembly is emphasized. The necessity to adopt a special law on peaceful assemblies has been proved, enabling the regulation of the organizational and legal bases to prepare and hold peaceful assemblies of Ukraine's citizens.


10.22178/pos.69-2


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constitutional norms; peaceful assembly; rally; demonstration; freedom of peaceful assembly

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