Freedom of assembly
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 20. In the US Constitution: 1st Amendment.
Does declaring it change anything?
Distribution of practiced scores, split by whether the constitution declares the right. If the two distributions look alike, the words on the page are not doing much work on their own.
Mean practiced score: 60% where declared, versus 62% where silent.
What the text actually says
Passages tagged with this topic, from the Constitute Project.
Amendment IAmendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
17. Assembly, demonstration picket and petition17. Assembly, demonstration picket and petition Everyone has the right, peacefully and unarmed, to assemble, to demonstrate, to picket and to present petitions.
Country by country
| Country | Declared | Practiced |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 100% | 20% |
| Albania | 100% | 67% |
| Algeria | 100% | 40% |
| Angola | 100% | 52% |
| Armenia | 100% | 62% |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 32% |
| Bahrain | 100% | 36% |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 34% |
| Barbados | 100% | 83% |
| Belarus | 100% | 2% |
| Belgium | 100% | 87% |
| Benin | 100% | 68% |
| Bhutan | 100% | 63% |
| Bolivia | 100% | 70% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 74% |
| Botswana | 100% | 69% |
| Brazil | 100% | 79% |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 76% |
| Burma/Myanmar | 100% | 10% |
| Cambodia | 100% | 40% |
| Cameroon | 100% | 36% |
| Canada | 100% | 79% |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 91% |
| Central African Republic | 100% | 42% |
| Chad | 100% | 24% |
| Chile | 100% | 80% |
| China | 100% | 23% |
| Colombia | 100% | 59% |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 86% |
| Croatia | 100% | 72% |
| Cuba | 100% | 26% |
| Cyprus | 100% | 83% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 100% | 55% |
| Denmark | 100% | 87% |
| Dominican Republic | 100% | 86% |
| Ecuador | 100% | 63% |
| Egypt | 100% | 33% |
| El Salvador | 100% | 38% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 27% |
| Eritrea | 100% | 7% |
| Estonia | 100% | 92% |
| Eswatini | 100% | 27% |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 30% |
| Fiji | 100% | 60% |
| Finland | 100% | 88% |
| Georgia | 100% | 76% |
| Ghana | 100% | 59% |
| Greece | 100% | 84% |
| Guatemala | 100% | 68% |
| Guinea | 100% | 38% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 100% | 57% |
| Guyana | 100% | 76% |
| Haiti | 100% | 60% |
| Honduras | 100% | 89% |
| Hungary | 100% | 59% |
| Iceland | 100% | 85% |
| India | 100% | 47% |
| Indonesia | 100% | 62% |
| Iran | 100% | 26% |
| Iraq | 100% | 39% |