Case: case_203

Atomic Facts:
[{"fact_id": "F001", "text": "The applicant was born in 1969.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F002", "text": "The applicant lives in Diósd.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F003", "text": "On 4 July 2002 the applicant organised a demonstration aimed at forcing the authorities to preserve the ballot papers of the 2002 legislative elections with a view to a potential recounting.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F004", "text": "The Government submitted that the ballot papers were bound for statutory destruction on 20 July 2002 as per section 5(3) of Decree no. 48/2001 (XII. 29.) BM on the Procedural Time-limits for the Legislative Elections of 7/21 April 2002.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F005", "text": "In the applicant's view, the relevant law could be understood — and was by many — to the effect that the ballot papers could be destroyed as early as 7 July 2002.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F006", "text": "On 2 July 2002, Parliament had decided not to put on the agenda a bill for the amendment of the 90-day statutory preservation period of the ballot papers.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F007", "text": "The demonstration organised by the applicant on 4 July 2002 had not been announced to the police.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F008", "text": "The demonstration organised by the applicant on 4 July 2002 consisted of completely blocking all six lanes of Erzsébet Bridge, a centrally situated bridge over the Danube, by parking six cars across it with their doors locked.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F009", "text": "The demonstration on 4 July 2002 started at about 8.20 a.m.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F010", "text": "The demonstrators, including the applicant, refused to comply with the police's order to remove the vehicles and leave Erzsébet Bridge.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F011", "text": "Apart from ambulances, no vehicles could pass the blockade on Erzsébet Bridge on 4 July 2002.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F012", "text": "By 9.00 a.m. on 4 July 2002 a crowd had gathered at Erzsébet Bridge and the situation evolved into a massive traffic jam all over Budapest.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F013", "text": "At about 11.00 a.m. on 4 July 2002 the cars blocking Erzsébet Bridge were finally towed away by the police.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F014", "text": "Traffic flow on Erzsébet Bridge resumed at about 12 noon on 4 July 2002.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F015", "text": "On 5 July 2002 the Pest Central District Court imposed a regulatory fine of 50,000 Hungarian forints on the applicant.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F016", "text": "The Pest Central District Court held that the applicant, by not complying with the police's instruction to leave the site of the demonstration, had committed the regulatory offence of disorderly conduct within the meaning of section 142(1c) of Act no. LXIX on Regulatory Offences.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F017", "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 2002 parliamentary elections in Hungary had been conducted in a manner consistent with international standards.", "source_paragraph": 9, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F018", "text": "The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) found that the Hungarian electoral system had provided the basis for a generally transparent, accountable, free, fair and equal process in the 2002 parliamentary elections.", "source_paragraph": 9, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F019", "text": "The Hungarian media widely covered the events of 4 July 2002.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F020", "text": "In an official communiqué, the President of the Republic of Hungary condemned the incident of 4 July 2002, declaring it illegal.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F021", "text": "The President of the Republic of Hungary underlined that Hungary was a stable parliamentary democracy where human rights were observed and where even critical views should be voiced in a lawful manner.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F022", "text": "On 2 September 2002 the Budapest XI District Police Department fined the applicant for a parking offence consisting of his parking his car in the middle of Erzsébet Bridge on 4 July 2002, necessitating its being towed away.", "source_paragraph": 11, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F023", "text": "On appeal, on 15 May 2003 the Buda Central District Court reduced the parking fine imposed on the applicant to 5,000 Hungarian forints.", "source_paragraph": 11, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F024", "text": "Criminal proceedings were subsequently instituted against the applicant and his accomplices in connection with the events of 4 July 2002.", "source_paragraph": 12, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F025", "text": "On 16 June 2008 the applicant was convicted of 'disturbance of public works' within the meaning of section 260(1) of the Criminal Code.", "source_paragraph": 12, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F026", "text": "The Pest Central District Court dismissed the defendants' arguments that they had been exercising their freedom of assembly.", "source_paragraph": 13, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Particular circumstances of the case"]}, {"fact_id": "F027", "text": "The Pest Central District Court made reference to the Europe

Fact Mapping:
{"list1": {"scope": ["F003", "F008", "F009", "F010", "F025", "F033", "F039"], "interference": ["F025", "F032", "F033", "F040"], "prescribed_by_law": ["F043", "F045"], "legitimate_aim": ["F008", "F011", "F012", "F030", "F031"], "necessity": ["F004", "F006", "F009", "F010", "F012", "F013", "F014", "F025", "F026", "F027", "F028", "F029", "F030", "F031", "F032", "F034", "F036", "F037", "F041"], "positive_obligation": []}, "list2": {"scope": ["F003", "F008", "F010"], "interference": ["F025", "F032", "F040"], "prescribed_by_law": ["F043", "F045"], "legitimate_aim": ["F008", "F012", "F031"], "necessity": ["F004", "F009", "F010", "F012", "F013", "F025", "F027", "F028", "F030", "F032", "F036"], "positive_obligation": []}, "list3": ["F004", "F008", "F009", "F010", "F012", "F013", "F025", "F028", "F030", "F032"]}

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": "explicit"}, "prescribed_by_law_accessible": {"conclusion": null, "discussed": "not_discussed"}, "prescribed_by_law_safeguards": {"conclusion": null, "discussed": "not_discussed"}, "legitimate_aim": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "explicit", "aims": ["prevention_of_disorder", "rights_of_others"]}, "necessity": {"conclusion": "yes", "discussed": "explicit"}, "positive_obligation": {"conclusion": null, "discussed": "not_discussed"}}}