518. Protection of the rights and freedoms of others.

The right to assemble peacefully¹ often engages the rights of others: in particular, demonstrations may interfere with third party rights of way, rights to property and rights to protest and exercise free expression, and the rights of demonstrators have been held not to override the rights of the public to use and enjoy places of historical, cultural and political interest², to practise their religion³, or indeed to protest in such places⁴. In addition the European Court of Human Rights has upheld the lawfulness of a ban on sensitive political demonstrations⁵, and this stance is mirrored in domestic law by