The organization, the recognition and the subsidizing of education by the community are regulated by law or decree. When the author is known and resident in Belgium, neither the publisher, nor the printer, nor the distributor can be prosecuted. 26 Belgians have the right to gather peaceably and without arms, in conformity with the laws that regulate the exercise of this right, without submitting it to prior authorization. This provision does not apply to open air meetings, which are entirely subject to police regulations. Everyone has the right to address petitions signed by one or more persons to the public authorities.
Constituted bodies are alone able to address petitions in a collective name.
The confidentiality of letters is inviolable. The law determines which nominated representatives can violate the confidentiality of letters entrusted to the postal service. No prior authorization is necessary to take legal action against civil servants because of their public office, except with regard to what has been ruled on concerning ministers and members of the community and regional governments. Everyone has the right to consult any administrative document and to have a copy made, except in the cases and conditions stipulated by the laws, decrees or rulings referred to in Article 134.