Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects the right to freedom of assembly and association, including the right to form trade unions, subject to certain restrictions that are "in accordance with law" and "necessary in a democratic society". Case law Communist Party of Germany v. the Federal Republic of Germany (1957) Plattform "Ärzte für das Leben" v. Austria (1988) Vogt v Germany (1995) Wilson and Palmer v United Kingdom [2002] ECHR 552 Yazar, Karatas, Aksoy and Hep v Turkey (2003) 36 EHRR 59 Church of Scientology Moscow v Russia (2007) ASLEF v United Kingdom (2007) Bączkowski v Poland (2007) Demir and Baykara v Turkey [2008] ECHR 1345 See also European Convention on Human Rights European labour law UK labour law German labour law Notes External links ECtHR case-law factsheet on trade unions rights 11 Trade union law