Case: case_258

Atomic Facts:
[{"fact_id": "F001", "text": "The applicant was born in 1954.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F002", "text": "The applicant lives in Engelskirchen, Germany.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F003", "text": "The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F004", "text": "On 7 April 2002 (first round) legislative elections took place in Hungary.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F005", "text": "On 21 April 2002 (second round) legislative elections took place in Hungary.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F006", "text": "The coalition which had governed Hungary from 1998 had been in charge of organising the April 2002 legislative elections.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F007", "text": "The coalition which had governed Hungary from 1998 lost their majority in the April 2002 legislative elections.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F008", "text": "The official results of the April 2002 elections were established by the local and regional electoral commissions following the second round.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F009", "text": "After the courts had ruled on certain complaints concerning the legality and outcome of the voting procedure, on 4 May 2002 the National Election Committee made a public statement in the Official Gazette.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F010", "text": "According to the National Election Committee's public statement in the Official Gazette on 4 May 2002, the result of the April 2002 elections had become final.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F011", "text": "The final results of the April 2002 elections were virtually identical to the results of the exit poll carried out on the day of the second round (21 April 2002), as had been the case in previous Hungarian elections.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F012", "text": "The final results of the April 2002 elections were virtually identical to the preliminary results announced by the National Election Committee on the evening of 21 April 2002, as had been the case in previous Hungarian elections.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F013", "text": "Views were subsequently voiced in certain sections of the media that the April 2002 elections had been \"rigged\".", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F014", "text": "International observers, in particular the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), found that the April 2002 parliamentary elections in Hungary had been conducted in a manner consistent with international standards.", "source_paragraph": 9, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F015", "text": "The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) found that the Hungarian election system had provided the basis for a generally transparent, accountable, free, fair and equal process in the April 2002 parliamentary elections.", "source_paragraph": 9, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F016", "text": "A period of two months elapsed after the April 2002 elections during which a new government was formed in a coalition of the ex-opposition parties.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F017", "text": "The new coalition government of ex-opposition parties took up its functions on 27 May 2002.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F018", "text": "On the morning of Thursday, 4 July 2002, several hundred demonstrators started to protest against the statutory destruction of the ballots from the April 2002 elections, which was scheduled for 20 to 22 July 2002.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F019", "text": "On the morning of 4 July 2002, the demonstrators blocked the centrally located Erzsébet Bridge in Budapest with their cars.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F020", "text": "The objective of the demonstrators who blocked Erzsébet Bridge on 4 July 2002 was to force a recount of the April 2002 election votes.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F021", "text": "The demonstrators who blocked Erzsébet Bridge on 4 July 2002 brought traffic to a complete standstill.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F022", "text": "The demonstrators who blocked Erzsébet Bridge on 4 July 2002 had not given prior notice of their gathering to the police, as required by Act no. 3 of 1989 on Freedom of Assembly (the Assembly Act).", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F023", "text": "The demonstration at Erzsébet Bridge on the morning of 4 July 2002 was dispersed after several hours.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F024", "text": "Shortly after the dispersal of the Erzsébet Bridge demonstration, at around 1 p.m. on 4 July 2002, more demonstrators assembled at Kossuth Square in front of the Parliament building in Budapest.", "source_paragraph": 11, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F025", "text": "The demonstrators who assembled at Kossuth Square at around 1 p.m. on 4 July 2002 did so without any prior notification to the police.", "source_paragraph": 11, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F026", "text": "The demonstrators at Kossuth Square on 4 July 2002 demanded a recount of the April 2002 election votes.", "source_paragraph": 11, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F027", "text": "The demonstrators at Kossuth Square on 4 July 2002 expressed their support for the participants in the morning's events at Erzsébet Bridge.", "source_paragraph": 11, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F028", "text": "According to the applicant's submissions of 14 February 2005 and the Government's observations, the demonstrators at Kossuth Square on 4 July 2002 had been at the Erzsébet Bridge and then relocated to Kossuth Square.", "source_paragraph": 12, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F029", "text": "In her submissions of 23 December 2007, the applicant stated that the demonstrators at Kossuth Square on 4 July 2002 had merely been supporters of those who had blocked the Erzsébet Bridge, rather than the same individuals.", "source_paragraph": 12, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F030", "text": "Having learnt of the events at Kossuth Square from the news, the applicant joined the demonstration at Kossuth Square at around 7 p.m. on 4 July 2002.", "source_paragraph": 13, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "A.  The circumstances of the case"]},

Fact Mapping:
{"list1": {"scope": ["F030", "F035", "F025"], "interference": ["F035", "F036"], "prescribed_by_law": ["F056", "F044", "F053", "F054", "F055"], "legitimate_aim": [], "necessity": ["F009", "F010", "F016", "F019", "F021", "F022", "F027", "F026", "F024", "F030", "F035", "F025", "F033", "F031", "F034"], "positive_obligation": []}, "list2": {"scope": ["F030", "F035", "F025"], "interference": ["F035", "F036"], "prescribed_by_law": ["F056", "F044", "F053", "F055"], "legitimate_aim": [], "necessity": ["F009", "F010", "F019", "F022", "F027", "F024", "F030", "F035", "F025", "F031"], "positive_obligation": []}, "list3": ["F010", "F019", "F022", "F027", "F024", "F035", "F025", "F055", "F056"]}

Conclusion:
{"violated": false, "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": "yes", "discussed": "explicit"}, "prescribed_by_law_foreseeable": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "implied"}, "prescribed_by_law_accessible": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "implied"}, "prescribed_by_law_safeguards": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "explicit"}, "legitimate_aim": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "explicit", "aims": ["prevention_of_disorder", "rights_of_others"]}, "necessity": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "explicit"}, "positive_obligation": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "implied"}}}