Public meetings are a form of peaceful assembly aimed at expressing ideas and opinions and they are protected by the Constitution.
What is a public meeting?
A public meeting is people being together in a public place for a joint purpose of forming or expressing their opinions. It can a be demonstration, rally, picket, religious event, procession or other demonstration organised in the open air in a square, park, road, street or other public place.
The right to conduct public meetings is not unrestricted. In certain cases, the organiser of the public meeting must give notice to the police regarding the holding of the meeting. The organiser of the public meeting is responsible for the peaceful conduct of the meeting. The law imposes obligations on the organiser of the meeting, failure of which may result in police intervention.
About this section
This section will explain how to organise events of peaceful assembly lawfully, and what kind of restrictions the state may impose in compliance with human rights requirements.