International: European Court of Human Rights limits collective action’s nuisance right

h 5, 2009, the European Court of Human Rights judged that “the total block, repeatedly, of road traffic on the highway went beyond the usual inconvenience inhering in any demonstration” to justify the conviction of an employee involved with a traffic slow-down. This ruling, just like the European Court of Justice’s case law with the Viking and Laval cases concerning the right to strike, reminds that certain fundamental rights, such as the freedom to assemble, may be limited. However,...