Freedom of Association/History/Country sources/Japan
What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Japan
Chapter III Article 21 of the Japanese Constitution (1947) : “Freedom of assembly and association as well as speech, press and all other forms of expression are guaranteed.”
Additionally, though finding direct texts has proven difficult, there have been political movements for greater political expression since the pre-war era. The freedom and popular rights movement existed throughout the second half of the 19th century, and its members advocated for increased freedom of assembly beginning no later than 1886 (Tierney 2013, 21).