RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR HOLDING PUBLIC EVENTS

Abstract

InRussiais acting a notification procedure for holding public events. Such a procedure is necessary to maintain public order and security. However, the legislation leaves significant gaps for the implementation of the notification procedure as a permission one. Administrative and criminal liability for break the procedure for public assemblies is widely applied even if the meetings are peaceful and don’t entail violations of the rights and freedoms of other persons. The authorities still can recommend another place and time for the organizing the meeting. In fact, the organizer must obtain permission from the authorities concerning place and time of the meeting. International experience shows that in practice, there should be no arbitrary reasons for refusing to hold a public event and disproportionate responsibility of participants of public events. It’s also necessary to provide opportunities for citizens to conduct spontaneous meetings. The notification period for public events in Europe can be several hours (2 hours —Estonia, 6 hours —Finland) or 2—5 days (Moldova,Bulgaria). In these countries it is possible to hold spontaneous meetings. In our country this possibility is established at the level of the subjects of theRussian Federation; the meeting can be held without notifying the authorities in specially designated places. It makes possible to hold spontaneous meetings with a small number of participants.