The right to freedom of association is a broad right and is correlative in that it reinforces other rights enshrined within the Bill of Rights. 

The freedom of association provides legitimacy to all socially constructed groups and constructs with which certain people identify, it therefore prevents discrimination or alienation on the basis of one’s identity. The state and other organisations are generally prohibited from interfering with the associational choices that citizens make, however, may exert some form of coercion in as far as broadly accepted regulation is permitted – for example regulating the practices within an association or construct to the exclusion of other similar entities.

The right to freedom of association further provides freedom to communities to address issues of common concern in a manner with which they are comfortable. Communities may actively observe cultural practices and realize their economic and political freedom through association, such as within the labour context where workers canvass for their rights and actively engage employers in pursuance of better working conditions.