A rally is a public gathering of citizens of more than 15 people. Its purpose is to express your attitude towards an event or a specific person. Rallies are held in protest when citizens feel that some action infringes on their constitutional rights. The purpose of the meeting is to draw attention to the problem and demand its solution. The law allows citizens to express their protest and demands in the form of a rally, but subject to a number of specific conditions.
Instructions
Step 1
If you decide to organize a rally, then, according to the law, you must have Russian citizenship, attain the age of 16 and be legally competent (that is, if you are recognized as having limited legal capacity by a court decision, you do not have the right to act as the organizer of the rally).
Step 2
If you are not acting in the role of a private person, but in the role of a representative of any public organization, please be aware that your application to hold a rally will be rejected if this organization has been banned or liquidated in accordance with the law.
Step 3
According to the law, the application for a rally must contain the names, surnames, patronymics and contact details of at least three people who take responsibility for maintaining order during the rally, as well as for technical support (sound equipment) and medical assistance, if necessary (availability of a health worker, first aid kit). Therefore, your next step is to organize an initiative group for holding a rally, which will include at least two more people besides you.
Step 4
In the application, in addition to the first names, surnames, patronymics and contact details of the members of the initiative group, indicate other information. Enter the time of the meeting. Please note that the application must be submitted no earlier than 15 days and no later than 10 days from the desired date of your event. Also remember that, according to the law, any public event must be held between 7-00-23-00 local time.
Step 5
Indicate the maximum number of participants in the meeting. Remember that by law, exceeding the specified number of participants is equivalent to an administrative offense and can be punished with a fine.
Step 6
A public event (including a rally) can be held in any public place, if this does not create a threat either to its participants or to outsiders, and also does not entail a significant violation of their legitimate interests. In practice, this is not always the case. Often, the organizers of the rally are either offered not the best places for holding it, which are far from the local authorities, or they generally try to reject the application under some pretext.
