The provision of freedom of assembly is one of the basic standards of a democratic state of law. It embodies citizens’ right to a peaceful manifestation of their views. Unfortunately, after 1918 this law was put into practice in Poland based on regional laws. Only in 1932 a uniform law on assemblies was passed, which was regrettably drafted in the wake of events after 1926, i.e. those resulting from the State monitoring its citizens. This law brought a number of restrictions, seemingly unnecessary, of administrative character concerning calling and managing assemblies – and they may distort the ideals of freedom of assembly when studied by modern scholars.
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