Practice question
A city bans all peaceful civic meetings indefinitely by an unpublished oral instruction. It cites general welfare but identifies no law, no risk from the meetings and no competing rights. Its lawyer says Article 29 permits any measure whenever officials mention welfare. Which is best?
- The phrase general welfare ends all inquiry
- Article 29 requires limitations determined by law and directed to its specified purposes in a democratic society
- An oral instruction always counts as sufficient law
- All UDHR rights are absolute under every circumstance
- Only officials have rights under Article 29
Legal references
- UDHR, Articles 20 and 29: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
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