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Public meetings and public order. Harrys Puusepp 02.11.2010 Tallinn. Legislation concerning Estonia. Constitution of Estonia: freedom speech and right to assembly meetings EHRC, article 10 and 11 Right to freely gather and express Your mind, pracitcal meaning: No permit needed
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Public meetings and public order Harrys Puusepp 02.11.2010 Tallinn
Legislation concerning Estonia Constitution of Estonia: freedom speech and right to assembly meetings EHRC, article 10 and 11 Right to freely gather and express Your mind, pracitcal meaning: No permit needed Must notice authorities
Same purpose? To people: Only peaceful meeting are protected Everyone ownes that right Restrictions can come only from the law To police: Right to interviene: when public safety is in danger or peoples lives etc, right to detaine some of participants, stop the meeting or make compulsory proposals. Concidering the circumstances is important!
Being too protective Bronze night lessons as the only mass meeting experience: Having to have to react = You`re already late Proactive dialogue = better chances to safe meetings Trustful relations between police and organizer, defineing roles, expectations and duties No hazzle with ignorance nor misunderstandings In case of crisis, You already know Your contact
In reality… Estonians are peaceful meetinghelders Small measures, 50 people= mass-action
Figures – it figures Capital Tallinn and Harju county together “hosted” 850 public meetings 280 of them had security company as a partner Wide scale meetings had law enforcement keeping an eye on them
Community-led police mentality Society works as its own policeman, with some of its members acting as daily-workers wearing a uniform, others at their spare time in order to grant the prosperity and well-being of the whole society. (Something like that was said in 1829 by the founder of the metropolitan police in London sir Robert Peel)
So, what`s it going to be? A little less conversation, little more action? NOT