Art. 8 Basic Law (GG)
(1) All Germans have the right to assemble peacefully and without arms without registration or permission.
(2) For assemblies in the open air, this right may be restricted by law or on the basis of a law.
The registration procedure for public assemblies or demonstrations
Assemblies, processions and demonstrations are regulated by the Basic Law and the Assembly Act and must generally be registered 48 hours prior to public announcement.
The police then have a duty to facilitate and possibly even protect assemblies, processions and demonstrations of all groups as an expression of the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of assembly and freedom of opinion. In doing so, the police must maintain neutrality, a political evaluation of the demonstration topics may not take place. An assembly or demonstration is not approved by the police.
It can only be banned or made subject to certain conditions if there is a concrete threat to public safety or order based on comprehensible forecasts.
You can now also apply for an assembly online at Internetwache. Simply click on the following link.
OR
Send the completed form "Registration of an assembly" by post, fax or email, observing the 48-hour deadline:
The Chief of Police in Oberhausen
Directorate Central Tasks
Department ZA 1.1
Lindnerstraße 94
46149 Oberhausen
Email: Versammlungsrecht.Oberhausen [at] Polizei.NRW.de (Versammlungsrecht[dot]Oberhausen[at]Polizei[dot]NRW[dot]de)
Fax: 0208 826 3149
For your convenience, please also arrange an appointment for a cooperation meeting with our clerks. In this meeting, all questions arising in connection with a planned event can be discussed and clarified.
| Mrs. Lesniak | ||
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According to the prevailing opinion, an assembly within the meaning of Article 8 of the Basic Law exists if at least 2 persons come together for a joint discussion or demonstration aimed at participating in the formation of public opinion.
Popular festivals and entertainment events as well as events that merely serve to display an attitude to life therefore do not fall under the definition of an assembly.
Head of assembly
In North Rhine-Westphalia, the Federal Assembly Act (VersG) applies to public assemblies. According to Section 18 in conjunction with Section 7 VersG, every public assembly must have a leader. In principle, a public assembly in the open air must be registered with the competent assembly authority at least 48 hours before the announcement, stating the object of the assembly or the procession. In North Rhine-Westphalia, the district police authorities are the assembly authorities.
The police will advise you as the registrant on the details of the assembly. In the event of ambiguities or more extensive planning requirements, you will be invited by the police to a cooperation meeting in which ambiguities can be clarified together and any problems solved.
Conditions
Depending on the type and scope of your assembly, you must also expect conditions to be imposed, such as the provision of stewards to ensure order within the assembly. The assembly may also be banned or dissolved if, according to the apparent circumstances, public safety or order is directly endangered during the assembly.
Confirmation of registration
You may only call for participation in your assembly if you have received a so-called "confirmation of registration" from the police. The organizer or leader who holds an assembly without registration commits a criminal offence under Section 26 VersG.
Directions by public transportation to the office building Lindnerstrasse 94 / 98
PP OBThe best way to reach us is by bus on line 976 to the bus stop Gewerbegebiet West 2.
From there it is only a 5-minute walk (in the direction of Stadion Niederrhein)
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