CASE OF SERBIAN-CHINESE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY FDH v. SERBIA

CASE OF SERBIAN-CHINESE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY FDH v. SERBIA

Application No: 54936/20

Articles: 11, 11-1, 11-2, 13, 13+11

Respondent state: SRB

Date: 2026-06-02

Conclusion:

Violation of Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11-1 - Freedom of peaceful assembly); Violation of Article 13+11 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association; Article 11-1 - Freedom of peaceful assembly; Article 11-2 - Necessary in a democratic society; Prevention of disorder)

Subject classification: Alekseyev v. Russia, nos. 4916/07 and 2 others, 21 October 2010; Bączkowski and Others v. Poland, no. 1543/06, § 83, 3 May 2007; Barankevich v. Russia, no. 10519/03, 26 July 2007; Chahal v. the United Kingdom, 15 November 1996, § 145, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996 V; Communauté genevoise d’action syndicale (CGAS) v. Switzerland [GC], no. 21881/20, 27 November 2023; Đorđević and Others v. Serbia (dec.), no. 5591/10 and 3 others, 17 January 2017; Fáber v. Hungary, no. 40721/08, 24 July 2012; Genderdoc-M v. Moldova, no. 9106/06, § 35, 12 June 2012; Kudrevičius and Others v. Lithuania [GC], no. 37553/05, §§ 142-60, ECHR 2015; Lashmankin and Others v. Russia, nos. 57818/09 and 14 others, 7 February 2017; Plattform “Ärzte für das Leben” v. Austria, 21 June 1988, § 32, Series A no. 139; Pleshkov and Others v. Russia, nos. 29356/19 and 31119/19, 21 November 2023; Selimi and Krasnići v. Serbia, nos. 20641/20 and 20644/20, § 160, 3 June 2025; Stankov and the United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden v. Bulgaria, nos. 29221/95 and 29225/95, § 107, ECHR 2001-IX