occur as immediate reactions to events, and planned assemblies that necessarily occur within
a tighter deadline than that required relative to notification.53
76. A single authority shall be designated as the entity responsible for receiving notifications.54
The designated authority shall be impartial. Upon receipt of notifications, the authority in
question shall be responsible for communicating with other concerning agencies.
1. The authority in question shall have a membership broadly representative of the diversity
in society. It shall make the relevant procedures, including decision-making procedures,
as clear, transparent and readily available as possible.55 It shall have a procedure for
receiving information from individuals who believe their rights will be negatively
affected by particular assemblies.
2. All authorities involved in administering assemblies shall be adequately trained in human
rights law and aware that their primary task is to facilitate peaceful assemblies.
3. The operations of the authority in question should be subject to oversight and monitoring
by an independent authority with a rights-advancement mandate, such as an ombudsman
or a national human rights institution.
53 Planned spontaneous assemblies are justified in circumstances in which an immediate response to a
current event is warranted in order to achieve the aim of the assembly in question.
Even within a long-running campaign, there may be particular events requiring the organization of
spontaneous assemblies of such a sort.
Where some degree of planning is involved, organizers of such assemblies may still be requested to notify
the authorities as soon as reasonably possible, in order to allow the authorities to better fulfill their
positive obligations.
54 The public shall be clearly informed as to the body in question.
55 Procedures shall be available in writing. Assistance shall be provided where necessary to help
assembly organizers with the notification process. Decisions, including acknowledgement of assemblies
without conditions, shall be made publicly available on an ongoing basis. An annual report shall also be
prepared, including decisions and statistics on notifications received as well as conditions imposed.