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Bączkowski and Others v. Poland

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237: 969: 174:), refused to allow a gay pride parade to take place through the city, justifying his decision by the fact that the organisers had not submitted a traffic organisation plan, that such a parade would promote a "homosexual lifestyle" in Warsaw, and that he is against "propagating gay orientation". Despite this, on 11 June 2005, approximately 2500 people marched, in defiance of the ban. 181:, arguing that the city's decision had breached their right to peaceful assembly. The Governor ruled that the city's requirement of a traffic organisation plan had been unlawful and that the parade was unlawfully restricted. Despite this, further proceedings were discontinued considering that the parade had taken place on 11 June 2005. 188:, began a court case against the Republic of Poland at the European Court of Human Rights, alleging that their right to peaceful assembly had been breached and that they had been treated in a discriminatory manner, considering that other marches were allowed to take place on June 11. The ECHR accepted the case on 5 December 2006. 266:
MEP from the United Kingdom, declared that, "this judgement is extremely important as it is the first time that the European Court of Human Rights has ruled specifically on the question of banning Equality and Gay Pride marches. Its clarification that freedom of assembly applies fully to these events
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No official reaction has yet been released by the Polish authorities. However, the Secretary of State, Maciej Lopinski, stated that "the president may take further action", and in 2007 there have been some speculation that the president of Poland may appeal against the verdict (which did not
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The positive obligation of a State to secure genuine and effective respect for freedom of association and assembly was of particular importance to those with unpopular views or belonging to minorities, because they were more vulnerable to
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The court also stated that Poland had violated Article 14 of the Convention, because other marches which had taken place on the same day were not subject to the same conditions as the gay rights march and were allowed to take place.
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I am extremely pleased by this ruling. It is a vindication of everything that we have been saying about the actions of the Government of Poland against the fundamental freedoms of Polish LGBT men and women.
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The European Court of Human Rights ruled that, even though the march still took place, the fact that it was banned by the city authorities represents an infringement of freedom of assembly under
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The ruling was hailed by LGBT rights groups as a landmark decision for the rights of LGBT people to freedom of assembly. According to
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case which ruled unanimously that the banning of an LGBT pride parade in Warsaw, locally known as the
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One day before the parade, on 10 June 2005, the organisers appealed to the Governor of the
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Furthermore, the court ruled that Article 13 of the Convention, relating to the
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Poland's ban on a Warsaw pride parade is incompatible to the Convention
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European court: Polish ban on gay rights march violates human rights
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On 16 December 2005, the organisers of the parade, headed by
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Index

Bączkowski v Poland
Full case name
ECLI:CE:ECHR:2007:0503JUD000154306
Articles 11
13
14 of the European Convention on Human Right
LGBT rights
freedom of expression
European Court of Human Rights
Parada Równości
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13
14
European Convention on Human Rights
Mayor of Warsaw
Lech Kaczyński
President of Poland
Mazowsze Voivodship
Tomasz Bączkowski
Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights
right to an effective remedy
Robert Biedroń
Campaign Against Homophobia

Michael Cashman
European Parliament
Sarah Ludford
Liberal Democrat
Gay rights in Poland
List of LGBT-related ECHR cases

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