Freedom of Association/History/Country sources/Germany
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Germany
The first major assertion of the right to free association for the German state was in the Constitution of the Weimar Republic, ratified on August 11, 1919. The right can be found in Chapter II, Section II (“Weimar Germany, 1918/19 1933”, 1919).
Article 123: “All Germans have the right to assembly peacefully and unarmed without giving notice and without special permission.”
Article 124: “All Germans have the right to form associations and societies for purposes not contrary to the criminal law.”
1919. Weimar Germany, 1918/19 1933. August 11. https://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/pdf/eng/ghi_wr_weimarconstitution_Eng.pdf.