Case: case_690

Atomic Facts:
[{"fact_id": "F001", "text": "The applicant was born in 1961.", "source_paragraph": 4, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F002", "text": "The applicant lives in Surgut, Khanty-Mansiyskiy Region, Russia.", "source_paragraph": 4, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F003", "text": "The applicant was the leader of a trade union in a private company.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F004", "text": "The applicant's co-workers expressed a wish to hold a public assembly on Constitution Day on 12 December 2009.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F005", "text": "The applicant, in his capacity as trade union leader, decided to help his co-workers hold a public assembly on Constitution Day on 12 December 2009.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F006", "text": "According to the applicant, his help to his co-workers was 'an indirect expression of his own opinion'.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F007", "text": "The applicant distributed banners to his co-workers.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F008", "text": "The applicant explained to his co-workers that it would be more practicable to stage solo demonstrations.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F009", "text": "To avoid prosecution for holding a public assembly without notifying the authorities in advance, the applicant suggested that his co-workers position themselves at some distance from each other, for instance on different streets.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F010", "text": "At the time of the events on 12 December 2009, there was no federal or regional statutory requirement concerning the minimum distance between simultaneous solo demonstrations.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F011", "text": "The applicant was arrested.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F012", "text": "The applicant was taken to the police station after his arrest.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F013", "text": "The applicant was held at the police station for three hours.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F014", "text": "On 18 December 2009, a justice of the peace found the applicant guilty under Article 20.2 § 1 of the Code of Administrative Offences.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F015", "text": "The justice of the peace fined the applicant 1,500 Russian roubles (approximately 35 euros at the time).", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F016", "text": "The justice of the peace considered that the applicant and his co-workers had met in one place.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F017", "text": "The justice of the peace considered that the applicant had given instructions to his co-workers.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F018", "text": "The justice of the peace considered that the applicant had distributed banners to his co-workers.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F019", "text": "The justice of the peace considered that the applicant had taken his co-workers to the place of the demonstration.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F020", "text": "The justice of the peace found that the above circumstances disclosed the presence of a group event in the form of a static demonstration (a 'picket').", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F021", "text": "The justice of the peace found that the above circumstances confirmed the applicant's role as organiser of the group event.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F022", "text": "The justice of the peace found that it was incumbent on the applicant to lodge a prior notification about the event to the competent authority as required by section 7 of the Public Events Act.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F023", "text": "The applicant appealed against the judgment of the justice of the peace of 18 December 2009.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F024", "text": "In his appeal, the applicant noted that the Public Events Act defined a 'picket' as a form of public expression of opinion where one or more citizens with placards, banners and other means of visual expression stationed themselves near the target object of the 'picket'.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F025", "text": "In his appeal, the applicant argued that there had been a separate 'target object' for each solo demonstrator.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F026", "text": "In his appeal, the applicant argued that the demonstrators had been positioned at a considerable distance from each other, for instance thirty metres apart for two of them.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F027", "text": "In his appeal, the applicant argued that he could not be lawfully considered as an organiser of a group event.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F028", "text": "On 22 January 2010, the Surgut Town Court upheld the judgment of the justice of the peace of 18 December 2009.", "source_paragraph": 9, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F029", "text": "A summary of domestic law and practice concerning regulations relating to public events in Russia is contained in Novikova and Others v. Russia, application nos. 25501/07, 57569/11, 80153/12, 5790/13 and 35015/13, §§ 47-85, judgment of 26 April 2016.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "II. RELEVANT DOMESTIC LAW"]}]

Fact Mapping:
{"list1": {"scope": ["F005", "F007", "F008", "F009", "F010", "F014", "F020", "F021", "F026"], "interference": ["F011", "F012", "F013", "F014", "F015"], "prescribed_by_law": ["F010", "F014", "F016", "F017", "F018", "F019", "F020", "F021", "F026", "F029"], "legitimate_aim": ["F009", "F010", "F014", "F015", "F022", "F026"], "necessity": ["F009", "F010", "F014", "F016", "F017", "F018", "F019", "F020", "F021", "F026", "F028"], "positive_obligation": []}, "list2": {"scope": ["F007", "F009", "F026"], "interference": ["F011", "F012", "F013", "F014", "F015"], "prescribed_by_law": ["F010", "F020", "F026"], "legitimate_aim": ["F010", "F014", "F026"], "necessity": ["F010", "F014", "F020", "F026", "F028"], "positive_obligation": []}, "list3": ["F010", "F014", "F020", "F026", "F028"]}

Conclusion:
{"violated": true, "elements": {"scope": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "implied"}, "scope_assembly_exists": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "implied"}, "scope_participation": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "implied"}, "scope_peaceful": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "implied"}, "interference": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "explicit"}, "prescribed_by_law": {"conclusion": "no", "discussed": "explicit"}, "prescribed_by_law_foreseeable": {"conclusion": "no", "discussed": "explicit"}, "prescribed_by_law_accessible": {"conclusion": null, "discussed": "not_discussed"}, "prescribed_by_law_safeguards": {"conclusion": null, "discussed": "not_discussed"}, "legitimate_aim": {"conclusion": "no", "discussed": "explicit", "aims": []}, "necessity": {"conclusion": "no", "discussed": "explicit"}, "positive_obligation": {"conclusion": null, "discussed": "not_discussed"}}}