The Croatian Constitutional Court on Wednesday unanimously decided to rescind the ban on public assembly in Zagreb's St. Mark's Square where buildings housing offices of the national parliament, the government and the said court are located, as of 15 July 2012.
The court thus enabled law-makers to amend the existing legislation and adjust it to its ruling on lifting the ban in one year's time.
Constitutional Court judges unanimously established that the legal ban on freedom of assembly in St. Mark's Square had a legitimate goal in light of the fact that the square in question was inappropriate for public rallies, however the ban "is not necessary in a democracy" as there is no urgent social need for such move, according to the ruling.
The court also rescinded the ban on public assemblies 100 metres of the Office of President.
