The right of assembly and association in France and the right of assembly and conference in the Russian Federation: the relation and features of development

Abstract

The article notes that one of the forms of direct participation of citizens in local government are meetings and conferences. The author analyzes the relation of the Russian law which regulates meetings and conferences, and the right of assembly and association in France. The article provides a domestic and foreign practice of organizing meetings and conferences devoted to the problems and prospects of development of this form of municipal democracy, formulated proposals for improving the mechanism for organizing meetings and conferences of citizens.