II
(9)
The participating States reaffirm that
(9.1)
— everyone will have the right to freedom of expression
including the right to communication. This right will include freedom to hold
opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without
interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. The exercise of
this right may be subject only to such restrictions as are prescribed by law
and are consistent with international standards. In particular, no limitation
will be imposed on access to, and use of, means of reproducing documents of
any kind, while respecting, however, rights relating to intellectual property,
including copyright;
(9.2)
— everyone will have the right of peaceful assembly and
demonstration. Any restrictions which may be placed on the exercise of these
rights will be prescribed by law and consistent with international standards;
(9.3)
— the right of association will be guaranteed. The right to form
and — subject to the general right of a trade union to determine its own
membership — freely to join a trade union will be guaranteed. These rights
will exclude any prior control. Freedom of association for workers, including
the freedom to strike, will be guaranteed, subject to limitations prescribed by
law and consistent with international standards;
(9.4)
— everyone will have the right to freedom of thought,
conscience and religion. This right includes freedom to change one’s religion
or belief and freedom to manifest one’s religion or belief, either alone or in
community with others, in public or in private, through worship, teaching,
practice and observance. The exercise of these rights may be subject only to
such restrictions as are prescribed by law and are consistent with
international standards;
(9.5)
— they will respect the right of everyone to leave any country,
including his own, and to return to his country, consistent with a State’s
international obligations and CSCE commitments. Restrictions on this right
will have the character of very rare exceptions, will be considered necessary
only if they respond to a specific public need, pursue a legitimate aim and are
proportionate to that aim, and will not be abused or applied in an arbitrary
manner;
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