International standards and the right to protest: a path irreconcilable under a peculiar “socialist rule of law”

Abstract

The article analyzes the legal regulations in Cuba on the right to protest, with a particular focus on its compatibility with the international standards set by international human rights law. In the same sense, it evaluates the perspectives of the exercise of this right, its limits and its possibilities in the Cuban political and social environment. This analysis is also extended with respect to other rights such as Freedom of assembly and association, syndical freedom and the right to strike. The article is made from a descriptive and analytical point of view. This allows us to notice several gaps between international standards on the right to protest or demonstration and the legal regulation and practice of this right in Cuba.