Generally speaking, everyone in Germany has the right to freedom of assembly. Rallies and demonstrations held in public must be registered with the relevant authorities (in this case, the police in Berlin) with at least forty-eight hours’ notice before they can be announced. In line with Berlin’s Freedom of Assembly Act (Versammlungsfreiheitsgesetz), demonstrations that are held in public and have been authorized by the police may be allowed even on Freie Universität Berlin’s premises if said spaces are freely accessible to the public, such as the area in front of Mensa II (the cafeteria on Otto-von-Simson-Straße) or around the coyote statue near the Holzlaube building.

University members are not permitted to hold demonstrations or similar political events in enclosed spaces on Freie Universität Berlin’s premises. An event of this nature would theoretically require the (tacit or explicit) approval of Freie Universität Berlin, in order to go ahead.