Amnesty International welcomes Spain’s acceptance of recommendations to guarantee the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, association and expression. The organization is concerned, however, that the law regulating the right to freedom of assembly does not envisage or recognize the right to hold spontaneous demonstrations, as provided for in international standards. This law, together with the Public Safety Law and the reformed Criminal Code that will enter into force on 1 July, threaten the right to freedom of assembly and expression.
